Kolkata: In a blood curdling incident, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker, his pregnant wife and their six-year-old son were found brutally murdered in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Tuesday .
According to reports the 35-year old RSS worker Bandhu Prakash Pal, his wife Beauty Pal (30) who was 8 months pregnant and their six-year-old son Angan Pal were brutally murdered at their residence in Murshidabad, West Bengal.
Bandhu Prakash was a school teacher who worked in Gosaigram Sahapara Primary School. He also worked as an insurance agent part time.
THe police said , the Pal family was murdered by unidentified criminals. As the family did not make it to the Durga puja pandal on Dusshera, the neighbours visited Bandhu Prakash Pal’s residence, only to find that the door was locked from inside.
Pal was last seen by his neighbours at around 11 am on Tuesday when he was returning from the local market.
A neighbour also heard loud sounds from their house and informed the police. The neighbours then barged inside Pal’s residence and found the body of Bandhu Prakash and his son Angan on the floor while the body of the wife was lying in another room. A sharp weapon was reportedly found next to the bodies.
The police have stated that while Pal and his wife were killed with sharp weapons, their son Angan was strangulated with a towel. The family had moved to Jiyaganj almost six years ago. They lived in a single storied house at Kanaiganj-Lebutala
The police have begun their investigations and a case has been registered at Jiyaganj Police station. Though the police officials are still to find out the reason for the brutal murder of the family,ttheir bodies have been sent for post-mortem. No arrests have been made yet.
Bandhu Prakash’s Facebook profile was reportedly full of videos of Durga Puja pandals and selfies of the family. He had uploaded his last post on the early morning hours of Sunday.
Some sections of social media are indicating that the murder of RSS worker and his family have a communal angle to it as Murshidabad has been many such cases in the past, but no such angle has been reported in the case yet. The police have stated that an investigation is underway.
