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The duo was picked up from an undisclosed location in the city suburbs on Wednesday night and arrested on Thursday morning after night-long grilling, he said.
”After scrutinising CCTV footage and speaking to kin of the murdered couple, we have arrested two people. Apart from this duo, three-four more people are suspected to be behind the killings, including the mastermind who is understood to be a close relative of the deceased. Hopefully, we will arrest them soon,” the officer said.
Asked about the motive behind the murder, he said there was definitely a ”financial dispute” involved.
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Businessman Ashok Shah and his wife Rashmita were found dead in their flat on Harish Mukherjee Road, an area considered to be a high-security zone because of its proximity to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence.
The post-mortem revealed that they were killed between noon and 3 pm on Monday.
Gold ornaments worn by the deceased woman and several thousand rupees in cash have also gone missing from the house, although the police said that the ”loot” was a deliberate act to mislead the investigation.
Banerjee had visited the flat on Wednesday afternoon after returning from her two-day trip to North Bengal. She had spoken to the deceased’s younger daughter and other family members and assured them of all kinds of assistance.