KOLKATA: A couple in their 50s were found brutally murdered at their ground-floor apartment on Harish Mukherjee Road in Bhowanipore, south Kolkata, on Monday evening, the sheer violence and impunity of the crime sending shockwaves through the upper middle-class residential neighbourhood.
Initial impressions by the investigating team were that the couple — Asoke J Shah (56) and his wife Rashmita (52) — were murdered as they tried to prevent a robbery, or fight off the robbers. The apartment was ransacked, items of jewellery were missing, and an almirah and locker were found broken. The cops are exploring other angles as well. Each of them had multiple wounds on their bodies, said police sources. They are also investigating whether the couple had let in their murderers (there could be more than one), which could indicate that they knew their would-be assailants.
