Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Kolkata Sunny Park murder victim’s kin wary of cover-up

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Voicing fear that the accused may ‘influence’ the ongoing investigat­ion into the Sunny Park murder case, the family of Aabesh Dasgupta — the teenager who died of fatal injuries suffered during a party at the posh south Kolkata area, on Saturday evening — demanded that the postmortem of his body be recorded on video.

Investigat­ion has already revealed that Aabesh attended the birthday bash of his friend Aruna — daughter of eminent English writer Amit Chaudhuri — at a popular nightclub before visiting the Sunny Park apartment block where Aruna lives.

“It’s a murder case and we want a fair probe. But we fear that the family of the accused may influence the investigat­ion. We have written to the officer-in-charge (OC) of Ballygunge police station, requesting him to have the entire post-mortem procedure video-recorded,” Aabesh’s mother Rimjhim told HT on Sunday.

Accepting their request, the police filmed his post-mortem at the morgue of Calcutta Medical College on Sunday evening.

A student of St Xaviers Collegiate School, Aabesh was found lying in a pool of blood at the basement of the Sunny Park apartment block on Saturday.

“A group of 17 friends went to a south Kolkata nightclub to celebrate Aruna’s birthday. At about 6 pm, some security guards heard a brawl in the basement and rushed to find Aabesh lying in a pool of blood.

They sent word to Amit Chaudhuri, who rushed Aabesh to the hospital,” Vishal Garg, Joint CP (Crime), said.

 ?? HT ?? Mother of Aabesh Dasgupta (centre) has been inconsolab­le since the 17-year-old’s death.
HT Mother of Aabesh Dasgupta (centre) has been inconsolab­le since the 17-year-old’s death.

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