Agartala: Police arrested a second suspect on Thursday in the double murder of two brothers in Baruakandi village in North Tripura district along the Tripura-Assam border.Acting on intelligence, a police team raided a house in the village at dawn and arrested Rahul Das (37), police said.Police earlier arrested the alleged main accused, Bijan Das, at a hospital after he was admitted with serious injuries following the Oct 20 incident. Two other suspects, brothers Jaydeep Roy Chowdhury and Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury of Dewanpasha village, remain on the run.According to police, the brothers were returning from pandal-hopping during Durga Puja when the attack took place. Bijan was also injured in the incident.Samiran Roy Chowdhury, the victims’ father, lodged a complaint alleging that his sons tried to mediate in a dispute on Oct 19 but received death threats from Bijan. The complaint said Das made several threatening phone calls the following day.The brothers’ bodies were found the next night near a marriage hall in Baruakandi.North Tripura SP Avinash Rai said a financial dispute appeared to have triggered the killings. Preliminary investigations suggest that Bijan and others allegedly assaulted and stabbed the brothers after the dispute escalated, police said.Rai said the investigation was examining the alleged financial dealings and the sequence of events leading to the attack. Witness statements and other evidence are expected to help establish the timeline and the alleged roles of the accused.He said the investigation would be expedited and that a chargesheet would be filed as soon as possible.
