In another breakthrough, 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, who was shot dead on April 30 night.

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.

Police sources few teams of state police are now camping in different parts of the country to arrest six FIR named assailants involved in the shootout and one team led by Additional SP(West) Chiranjib Chakraborty, who are camping in Kolkata, on Monday managed to arrest one prime accused identified as Bir Chakra Ghosh (46) of Chinaihani area of Usha Bazar from Mukundpur area of Kolkata and brought him to Agartala through a transit remand.

Soon after arrival at Agartala airp[ort, arrested Bir Chakra Ghosh brought Airport police and police produced him before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (West Tripura) in the monday afternoon with five days police remand.

While giving some information over the progress of the investigation, SDPO(NCC) Subrata Barman said that so far, police have arrested three accused including Pradyot Dhar Chowdhury, Sushmita Sarkar and Bir Chakra Ghosh and investigation is progressing well. He hoped that soon other accused involved in the killing of Viki will soon be arrested as many police teams are moving different parts to arrest all escaped criminals.

Replying to some media reports over the detention of Sushmita’s mother after she was released from GB Hospital, the investigation team said that it is a totally false report, but police escorted her along with her husband and elder daughter to a safer place for their protection.

Meanwhile, SP(West) Kiran Kumar has also said that so far police have arrested three persons involved with the murder of Durga Prasanna Deb. Though police are interrogating many persons, they have officially arrested only three persons including a girl.

On Monday, a jumbo team of Agartala Club Forum visited Bharat Ratna Sangha and also visited the house of slain Viki and met his wife and other family members.

The authorities of the club forum including veteran advocate Sanjoy Paul, journalists Pranab Sarkar and Sevek Bhattacharjee condemned the killing of club forum member, Durga Prasanna Deb alias Viki. They also urged all the club authorities and local people of Usha Bazar to raise their voices against such brutality and should take steps to prevent such incidents in future.

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).

On Friday(May 3rd)  afternoon both arrested accused were produced before the court of Chief Judicial magistrate (CJM) of West Tripura with 10 days police remand prayers for interrogation, but court sent them for four more days police remand for interrogation.

While, sharing some investigation details, the SP(West) Kiran Kumar and SDPO(NCC) Subrata Barman said that the police investigating team are getting some vital information over the murder of Viki and they are tracking about six of accused persons to arrest them at the earliest, who are on the run after the incident. They said that soon police will be able to resolve mystery of the murder.

Police sources said that the investigating team is trying to collect the weapon of crime, phone call details of Sushmita with accused Raju Barman along with call record and WhatsApp details.

Both Sushmita and Pradyot Dhar Chowdhury will again appear before the court on May 7th next.

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.

It may be recalled here that the shootout at Shalbagan Bazar has 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.