On Thursday, 15th August, the body of a young woman with her throat slit was discovered in Shaktigarh in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district, causing panic in the neighborhood. The victim has been identified as Priyanka Hansda (22).
The police began their investigation by filing a complaint of unnatural death. Her body has been sent for postmortem examination. The victim’s family informed the police that the deceased woman worked at a retail center in Bengaluru and had returned home for vacation on August 12th.
They also notified the police that she left her home late Wednesday evening while speaking on her phone with someone. She had been missing since then, and her body, with her throat slit, was eventually recovered.
According to district police officials, an extensive investigation has begun to track down the individuals with whom she was last seen chatting on her mobile phone as she left her home.
The victim’s relatives have informed the media that it is a murder case. They stated that she left the house after receiving a call from someone, and her body was discovered with her throat slit. They also stated that when she had not returned home for quite some time, they attempted to contact her via her phone. But she did not answer their calls.
According to district police, based on the statements recorded in the case, the call that the victim got before leaving home was from someone she knew well.
The matter came to light as the state witnesses protests over the gruesome death of a junior doctor in a state-run hospital in Kolkata on the 12th of August. The Kolkata Police apprehended one individual in connection with the case. The CBI is now investigating the case following the Kolkata High Court’s ruling.
