The New Indian Express ·
West Bengal man held, confesses to killing woman, daughter in Kerala
PALAKKAD: A team of police officers from Agali on Tuesday took a West Bengal native into custody in connection with the killing of a woman and a girl whose dismembered bodies were recovered from the Bhavani River in Attappadi on Sunday.
The accused has been identified as 35-year-old Provat Das, a native of Alipurduar. The police said that the deceased have been identified as Assam native Pronita, 25, and her daughter Joshita (four).
Police sources said Das confessed to the killings during interrogation by a three-member team that reached West Bengal on Monday evening. “While Das has not fully revealed the reason behind the murders, he confessed that he did it by himself and there were no other persons involved in the killing. He also told investigators that the woman was not his wife and that he had known her for only about two months. The child, too, was not his,” police said.
