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Bankura double murder: Accused shifted to Medical College, gets 10-day remand

Bankura, Oct 20 (UNI) Accused Mongal Chowdhury, arrested for allegedly hacking his wife and father to death in the name of black magic ritual (Tantra Sadhana), was shifted to Bankura Medical College Hospital by police today.
The incident took place on Tuesday night during Sandhi Puja of Durga Puja's Astomi at Lalbaba Mana char (a barh on river coarse) on the Damodar riverbed adjacent to Kanksa in East Burdwan. The area however falls within the command of Sonamukhi PS area of Bankura.
According to police, Mongal executed the murders in a planned manner during Astomi Sandhi Puja. First, he allegedly beheaded his wife Rumpa with an axe and placed her head on the temple altar. Then he hacked his father Rajendra Chowdhury on the neck and killed him.
After the killings, he allegedly cut one of his own fingers and started smearing his blood over his wife's severed head. It was then that locals noticed and panic spread across the settlement that has come up on the Damodar barh.
On Wednesday, police admitted him to hospital for treatment of his finger injury.
Meanwhile, Bankura Court has granted a 10-day police remand for interrogation of the accused in the double murder case.
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