Businessman shot, finger at extortion gang

Kolkata | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

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Sukhendu was shot in his chest and stomach. The victim's elderly mother, who tried to save him, was stabbed.Police suspect poultry trader Sukhendu Karar, 51, had to pay with his life after he refused to part with a hefty sum demanded by a local gang. KOLKATA: A bunch of armed goons barged into the home of a businessman in the early hours of Wednesday at Belgharia, North 24-Parganas, and shot him dead in front of his family after holding his wife at gunpoint. The FIR names Tarak Hela, a local extortionist, as the prime suspect. Three others - Biswajit Maity, Kishore Shaw and Dibyajyoti Ghosh - have been arrested from a hideout.The gang of three gun-wielding youths stormed into Sukhendu's home at Vivekananda Nagar, near Belgharia railway station, around 1.30am on Wednesday..