Overview

• Anjali Sarkar’s half-burnt body was recovered on Saturday morning near Mirza motor stand in Gomati district under Kakraban police station.
• Pankaj Sarkar alleged that he and his wife were assaulted the previous night by a group that included Manna Majumder, identified as the local BJP MLA’s nephew, and that police declined to register their complaint.
• Assistant Sub-Inspector Sanjoy Sarkar was suspended for alleged negligence after failing to verify the couple’s complaint, with departmental proceedings noted by the Gomati superintendent of police.
• Chief Minister Manik Saha ordered a detailed inquiry as Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy visited the family, while Congress and Left leaders pressed for swift action ahead of the prime minister’s September 22 visit to Udaipur.
• Investigators reclassified the matter from an unnatural death to abetment of suicide and said further BNS sections may follow based on postmortem and evidence, with four suspects in custody.