A 36-year-old man in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district was brutally murdered, dismembered, and his body dumped in a canal after being summoned to provide documents for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Police disclosed that a Booth Level Officer (BLO) and another individual have been apprehended in connection with the heinous act that occurred in Baduria. Parts of the victim’s body were recovered from the canal, but his head remains missing.
The victim, identified as Nasir Ali (36) from Papila in Baduria, had gone missing since February 9 after receiving a call from someone claiming to be an Assistant Returning Officer (ARO). The caller instructed him to meet the BLO urgently with copies of his Aadhaar and voter identity cards for SIR-related matters. Subsequently, Nasir failed to return home, and his phone was turned off, leading to a missing person report filed at the Baduria police station.
Nasir’s motorcycle and shoes were found in a canal the next day, but he was nowhere to be seen. Following investigations, the police arrested Rizwan Hasan Mandal alias Montu, the BLO of booth number 22 in Papila, and another suspect named Sagar Gain. Both accused were presented before the Basirhat Sub-Divisional Court and remanded to police custody for five days. The motive behind the gruesome murder is yet to be determined.
The victim’s wife, Beauty Khatun Bibi, expressed shock over the incident, stating that her husband had no known disputes with anyone. She emphasized that Rizwan was a friend of her husband and demanded severe punishment for those responsible for the horrific crime. Authorities continue to probe the case to establish the motive behind the murder and locate the remaining body parts.
