Overview
- A quarrel late Saturday night at a rented flat in Fartabad, Garia ended with 25-year-old software engineer Sarthak Sarkar found with multiple stab wounds and later declared dead at hospital.
- Neighbours said they heard screams and a woman ran from the flat asking for help while showing scratch marks on her neck, and residents carried the injured man to a nearby hospital.
- Police arrested Sarkar’s live-in partner, Sanchalika Basu, and later detained her mother, Moumita Basu, and both are in custody and being questioned about their roles.
- The flat has been sealed, the body sent for post-mortem, and investigators are collecting forensic samples and witness statements to identify the weapon, reconstruct the sequence of events, and determine motive; the prime accused has told police the act was not premeditated.
- Sarkar was from Barasat and worked in Salt Lake’s Sector V, the couple had returned earlier after buying firecrackers for Kali Puja, and authorities say the probe will hinge on forensic findings and recorded statements.