In its latest development over the investigation of 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, police on Thursday arrested another accused , but one family alleged that a middle aged man committed suicide after police pressurize him.

Police sources said that a fourth suspected accused person involved with the murder of Viki was arrested and on Thursday, he was also sent to police custody.

Police added  that the fourth accused , Sunny Saha, was arrested from Abhoynagar area of the city and now investigating teams are interrogating him at the police custody of Airport police station to get information over the shootout.

While, rumour spread across the city over the arrest  of one suspected shooter, identified as Akash Kar (35) of Usha Bazar area from a railway station in Jharkhand state. But, till Thursday night, none of the investigating officers including SP(West) and SDPO(NCC) confirmed this report.

Meanwhile, on last Monday night (May 6), the police personnel from Airport police station along with elder sister and mother of arrested Sushmita Sarkar went to the house of her boy friend at West Noyabadi area of Amtali under Budhjungnagar police station and requested house owner Babul Datta (55) to give shelter to Sushimita’s sister and her mother. When, Babul Datta refused to give shelter them in his house, police allegedly abused Datta and has also snatched his mobile phone.

After the Monday incident, innocent day labourer Babul Datta became traumatized and on the next day morning (Tuesday, May 7th) consumed poison in fear of police atrocities.

He was admitted to GB Hospital in critical condition, but on Thursday morning he succumbed to death. After this tragic incident, the wife and daughter of deceased Babul Datta alleged that he committed suicide because of police atrocities and they have no link with the murder of Viki.

“We don’t know anything over Sushimta’s allegiance with that murder, but she has affairs with my younger brother, is it crime,” asked Babul Datta’s daughter and she also complaint only they have relation with arrested Sushmita, her father became a subject of police atrocities.

She also asked the top authorities of Tripura police why her father was pressurized by police without any crime and claimed for abetment of suicide charges against police personnel of airport police station.

Police sources said that the investigation team with orders of Magistrate had conducted massive search operations at the houses of many accused including Raju Barman, Biman Das, Prabakar Ghosh, Amit Ghosh, Debabrata Barman, Rakesh Barman and Deb Das on Tuesday .

During the search operation, the police has found few houses of the accused persons were locked and police in presence of DCM of West Tripura district has opened the locks of the houses including prime accused Raju Barman at Buddha Mandir area of Agartala and other houses located in Usha Bazar area under Airport police station.

Police sources added that during a day-long search in all houses of prime accused persons, the investigation team had recovered many incriminating documents including land deeds, bank pass books and other related with unaccounted properties of the miscreants and sealed their houses.

Sources said that police have also appealed before the court to issue permanent non-bailable arrest warrants against all FIR named accused persons, who were locally infamous for the negotiation mafias.

So far only four accused persons including Pradyot Dhar Chowdhury, Sushmita Sarkar ,Birchakra Ghosh, younger brother of one prime accused  Prabakar Ghosh and Sunny Saha were arrested, who are now in police custody.

Earlier, on Monday, the Agartala city police on Monday arrested another prime accused from Kolkata involved in the sensational murder of incumbent club secretary of Bharat Ratna Sangha of Usha Bazar, Durga Prasanna Deb alias Viki.

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.

It may be recalled here that after the shootout, on May 1st, the investigation team of Airport police station has arrested former club president of Bharat Ratna Sangha, Pradyot Dhar Chowdhury from Usha Bazar and based on the interrogation statement of Chowdhury, who was in police custody, police on Thursday (May 2) night arrested one of the prime accused and alleged mastermind of the murder, Sushmita Sarkar (22).

Government Advocate Indrajit Biswas said that after the sensational murder of Durga Prasanna Deb alias Viki on Tuesday evening (April 30) at Shalbagan area under Agartala Airport police station, police has registered an Suo-Moto FIR under section 302, 120(B) of IPC and 27 Arms Act against assailants.

He added that based on the complaint of the wife of the deceased youth, many club members of Bharat Ratna Sangha were involved with the sensational murder of Viki, who was also a local leader of BJP.

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 shaken the cantonment area of Shalbagan , in which  club secretary of Bharat Ratna Sangha of Usha Bazar shot dead, which mainly held for a share of money of negotiation CPW contracts.

Viki’s wife said 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.