Assam Tripal murder: Man surrenders after killing wife, in-laws in Golaghat, public stage huge protest

Guwahati: In a horrific incident, a 35-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife, father-in-law and mother-in law in Assam’s Golaghat district on Monday.

The man, identified as Najibur Rahman Bora, later surrendered to the police with his 9-month-old child.

According to reports, the deceased have been identified as Sanjeev Ghosh, Junu Ghosh and Sanghamitra Ghosh. Their bodies were found with multiple injuries, suggesting that they were attacked with sharp weapons.

Police said that the incident took place at the Ghoshs’ house in the Hindi School Road area in Golaghat town.

Assam police Director General GP Singh said, “An interfaith love-story which started from social media turned cause of a brutal triple-murder within three years of marriage in Assam’s Golaghat district,”.

“The tripple-murder incident happened on Monday afternoon at Golaghat town. The accused identified as Nazibur Rahman Bora (25) fled with his 9-month-old infant after killing his wife Sanghamitra Ghosh (24), her parents Sanjeev Ghosh and Junu Ghosh, according to the police. He later surrendered with his child and police arrested him. A case was also registered against him under section 302 (murder) and 448 (house-trespass) of Indian Penal Code (IPC),” he stated.

Taking to Twitter, GP Singh said, “In June 2020, during lockdown accused and Sanghamitra Ghosh met in facebook and started love affair. Accused was in Golaghat then.In October 2020, they both fled away to Kolkata and parents of Sanghamitra Ghosh lodged an FIR vide Golaghat PS Case No. 680/2020 U/S 366 IPC. Sanghamitra Ghosh was recovered from Kolkata by Golaghat Police. They performed court marriage in Kolkata. (Marriage certificate enclosed)The case was submitted in FR vide Golaghat PS FR No. 478 dtd. 04/11/2020,”.

“On 06/03/2021, parents of Sanghamitra Ghosh lodged FIR against their daughter that Sanghamitra Ghosh had committed theft and in this regard Golaghat PS Case No. 222/2021 U/S 380 IPC was registered. Sanghamitra Ghosh was arrested and was in judicial custody for 37 days. The Case was chargesheeted vide Golaghat PS CS No. 128/2021 dtd. 11/04/2021. After getting bail, Sanghamitra Ghosh was residing with her parents,” Singh tweeted.

“In January 2022, accused and Sanghamitra once again fled to Chennai and stayed there together for 5 months. Sanghamitra became pregnant there. They then returned to Golaghat in August 2022 and started residing together in house of accused. In November 2022, they had a baby boy. In March 2023, Sanghamitra Ghosh left house of accused and returned to her parents as she was facing torture in house of accused. In this regard, on 21/03/2023, a case was registered at Golaghat PS vide Golaghat PS Case No. 119/2023 U/S 443/325/307/506 IPC. In this case accused was arrested and was in jail for 28 days. The case was chargesheeted vide Golaghat PS CS No. 69/2023 dtd. 31/03/2023. The accused was presently on bail in this case,”.
He further stated, “After coming out from jail, accused was adamant in meeting his wife and child. There was tension going on regarding this matter between families of accused and Sanghamitra Ghosh. On 29/04/2023, brother of accused lodged an FIR against Sanghamitra Ghosh and her family members that they had beaten the accused and physically assaulted him. In this regard, Golaghat PS Case No. 141/2023 u/s 342/325/307/506/34 IPC was registered and the case is presently under investigation,”.

“On July 24 the accused murdered Sanghamitra Ghosh and her parents and in this regard, Golaghat PS Case No. 200/2023 u/s 302/448 IPC has been registered and it is presently under investigation. Teams of FSL and CID have reached Golaghat to associate in the investigation,” he tweeted.