Kolkata: Preliminary investigations suggest that the 26-year-old yoga instructor, Anjali Shaw from Dunlop was murdered by her online gaming partner and boyfriend over money linked to PUBG, a mobile video game.After killing her, the accused Dharmaveer Kumar, fled with her gold jewellery, mobile and other valuables from the Baranagar flat. Police have recovered the stolen jewellery and mobile from Kumar.A Barrackpore court on Saturday remanded Kumar to 10 days’ police custody. “The two became acquainted while playing PUBG and gradually developed a relationship over the past three years. Kumar would often visit Shaw when she stayed at her brother-in-law’s flat in Baranagar,” Kuntal Bandyopadhyay, DCP, South, Barrackpore Commissionerate said. He added that Kumar confessed to the murder.“Preliminary questioning has indicated that a substantial amount of money was lying in Shaw’s gaming account and the two may have fought over its distribution. But, we are not ruling out other possible motives for the murder,” said an investigating officer.Kumar, who had fled to another state after the crime, was arrested outside Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi on Thursday night. He was then brought to Bengal on transit remand. Shaw’s body was recovered on Tuesday. CCTV footage showed a man leaving the flat on the day of the murder.
