Overview

• Kolkata Police arrested Ashalata Sardar, 36, from Narendrapur at 8:05 am Saturday, and Md. Jalal Mir, 41, from Dholahat at 1:40 am.
• Sardar had worked as an attendant at the home, and investigators say she conspired with Mir to enter the house and flee with cash and valuables.
• The victim, Bijaya Das, was found near the staircase on Friday morning and was declared dead at NRS Medical College and Hospital around 9:35 am.
• The autopsy cites head injuries and asphyxiation as the cause of death, according to police.
• Officers found the husband, Prasanta Das, 83, bound and semi-conscious, the bungalow ransacked, and CCTV and doorbell wires severed.