Guwahati: The machete used in two cold-blooded murder cases in Guwahati’s Noonmati was found by the city police on Thursday.
The new development followed an interrogation of the three accused at the Noonmati police station by senior officers from the Commissionrate of Police, Guwahati.
The three accused, Bondona Kalita, Arup Deka, and Dhanjit Deka, reportedly underwent an hour of questioning at the Noonmati Police Station prior to the search operation.
The police found the razor-sharp machete used in the Guwahati twin cold-blooded murder case during their search of Bondajan Beel.
The three accused were transported to the Noonmati Police Station once more.
Later, police carried out a store raid in the neighbourhood Patharquary, where Imran Ansari, the proprietor, was also taken into custody.
It is learned that Imran allegedly sold the machete to Bondona Kalita at Rs 320.
On Wednesday, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court remanded Bondona Kalita, the prime accused in the murder-simulator of Shraddha Walker, to police custody for an additional six days.
Bondona was previously remanded in custody for an extra six days after her initial four-day police detention period concluded on Wednesday.
She was returned to Panbazar’s All Women Police Station after appearing before the court.
Meanwhile, her two accomplices, Arup Deka and Dhanjit Deka, were sent to seven-day police custody. They are being held by the Noonmati Police Station at the moment.
It should be noted that Bondona Kalita is the prime accused, having planned the murders of her husband and mother-in-law with the assistance of the two other suspects.
The mother-son pair was killed, their bodies were cut up, and the pieces were placed in a refrigerator for three days before the trio went on a killing rampage in Meghalaya, disposing of the body parts.
In a statement to the media following the shocking incident that has made headlines across the globe this week, Guwahati Commissioner of Police Diganta Barah stated that Bondona Kalita first reported her mother and son missing on August 29. Then, on November 21, her mother-in-nephew law’s filed a second complaint at the Noonmati Police Station.
“Bondona had lodged the complaint after meeting with the DIG (CID) who passed on the case to us for proper investigation,” said Diganta Barah adding, “After that we brought Bondona Kalita under the ambit of the probe.”
The Guwahati Commissioner of Police further said, “Amarjyoti and Bondona had married 12 years ago. The duo had married without the consent of their families. Amarjyoti’s lifestyle was different from Bondona. He had many female friends, which frequently led to arguments between the couple. This further led to a strain in their married life.”