Kolkata: Basudeb Das (43), a farmer and husband of former Jhaudanga gram panchayat member Deepa Das, was found dead with his throat slit in a paddy field at Barnaberia in North 24-Parganas’ Gaighata on Wednesday afternoon.A Noradah resident, Das grew hibiscus on leased land at Rajbanshipara. A local trader said he was attacked with a sharp weapon while tending his crop alone on Wednesday morning.Police detained Narugopal Biswas, whose plot adjoins Das’s, after Deepa lodged a complaint accusing him and his wife, Rituparna, of conspiring to murder him over a suspected affair and an unpaid loan. “Instead of returning it, they demanded more money, leading to arguments,” Deepa said. Police have made no arrest yet.The killing comes a day after an accused in a girl’s rape and murder died in a police encounter in Gaighata on Tuesday.
