Among seven arrested accused persons involved in the sensational murder of club secretary of Bharat Ratna Sangha of Usha Bazar, Durga Prasanna Deb alias Viki, who was shot dead on April 30 night, two accused including shooter Sandip Kar alias Akash and Rakesh Barman,younger brother of prime accused Raju Barman were produced before the court.

But, after the passing of 21 days, the investigation police teams till Tuesday were unable to arrest main accused persons involved in the sensational murder of club secretary of Bharat Ratna Sangha and claimed investigation is in progress.

Giving details, special public prosecutor Shankar Lodh said two accused including shooter cum one of the prime accused Sandip Kar alias Akash and   Rakesh Barman were produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of West Tripura with police remand appeals and court after hearing both prosecution and defense teams, sent Rakesh for 7 more days police custody and Akash Kar was again sent for 3 more days in police custody for interrogation.

Earlier, on Monday accused Sandip Kar alias Akash complained before the court that he was tortured by the investigation team and had suffered injuries. Court, then sent him for one jail custody and ordered for his medical checkup at IGM Hospital on Tuesday before 10 AM, said advocate Lodh.

He said that after medical checkup, Akash was again produced before the court and found his allegation was baseless and sent him for three more days police remand for interrogation.

The police investigation team on Monday evening brought the FIR named Rakesh Barman through transit remand, brother of prime accused Raju Barman, who was arrested from Raiganj area of West Bengal on Sunday.

On Monday, two more accused including Sunny Saha, brother-in-law of prime accused Raju Barman and Birchakra Ghosh, younger brother of another prime accused Prabakar Ghosh were sent to jail custody by the court, said Lodh.

So far, the Agartala city police has arrested seven persons including former Bharta Ratna club president, Pradyot Dhar Chowdhury, Sushmita Sarkar and her mother Uma Sarkar, Sandip Kar alias Akash, Sunny Saha ,Birchakra Ghosh and Rakesh Barman. Out of seven arrested persons, Pradyot Dhar Chowdhury, Sushmita Sarkar, Sunny Saha and Birchakra Ghosh are in jail custody and the remaining three accused persons including Uma Sarkar, Akash and Rakesh Barman are in police custody.

Special public prosecutor Shankar Lodh said that the police investigation is in progress and based on the interrogation statements and with scientific evidence, police will soon be able to arrest remaining accused involved in the murder.

While, the court has issued permanent non-bailable arrest warrants against all FIR named accused persons, who were locally infamous as negotiation mafias.

The investigation team so far was unable to arrest the remaining half-dozen of accused including some noted negotiation mafias, but claimed that investigation was in the final stage and would soon resolve the murder mystery.

Special Public Prosecutor Shankar Lodh said that after the sensational murder on Tuesday evening (April 30) at Shalbagan area under Agartala Airport police station, police have registered an Suo-Moto FIR under section 302, 120(B) of IPC and 27 Arms Act against assailants.

The shootout at Shalbagan Bazar was committed only with prime reason of growing rivalry among different groups of negotiation mafias and the North side of Agartala city has once again in limelight , in which  club secretary of Bharat Ratna Sangha shot dead, which mainly committed for a share of money of negotiation for CPW contracts.

Viki’s wife, earlier told the media that negotiation mafias including Raju Barman, Biman Das, Rakesh Barman, Debabrata Barman, Santosh, Amit Ghosh and Prabakar Ghosh were responsible for the killing of her husband and she had also named these persons in the FIR.