Overview

• Police say four entered posing as customers while a fifth waited outside before tying and assaulting shop owner Sankar Jana.
• A post-mortem found blunt-force head trauma, with an iron rod and an open packet of red chilli powder recovered from the shop.
• Officers are scanning recordings from at least 10 cameras, checking call-data records, and appealing for dashcam or phone clips from 2:30 to 4 pm.
• Detectives believe the operation lasted about 15 minutes and that jewellery worth several crores was taken, while Jana’s mobile phone remains missing and switched off.
• Teams have contacted railway and metro police to track a possible escape toward nearby Dum Dum stations, as the suspects remain at large.