Police arrested Apan barman a Fire Service employee who allegedly murdered and tried to burn the body of his former colleague Kripesh Deb (63).
Deb , a resident of Badharghat near Agartala and a former fire fighter himself, was reported missing after Apan Barman a Fire Service staff posted at Kalamchoura took him some unknown places. Deb’s family raised alarm and moved the police. Later, on Wednesday Deb’s half burnt corpse was recovered from a forested area- near the ONGC drilling site along the Manikyanagar-Kalamchoura By-pass road. At night son of the deceased person identified the body.However, within 24 hours police tracked down Apan Barman and arrested him.
According to sources, terms between Kripesh Deb and Apan Barman soured over disputes relating to money lending. Apan Barman took a loan of Rs 5 lakhs for himself and later another tranche of Rs 60 lakh for others. However, disputes began when Apan failed to return the money he owed to Kripesh Deb.
In a planned manner, Apan Barman told Kripesh Deb to meet him on April 26 last – Apan sent one of his accomplices to bring Deb. As he did not return home, family members of Deb lodged a missing diary at Amtali Police station on that night.
.Led by SDPO of Sonamura Banuj Biplab Das, Police swung into action and picked up Apan Barman on Thursday – within 24 hours of the crime committed.
During the interrogation, Apan Barman revealed details of the gruesome killing of Kripesh Deb. Meantime, the body of Kripesh Deb was handed over to the family members today after the autopsy and he was consigned to flames later in the evening.
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