Agartala, Oct 13, 2024, TRIPURA TIMES Desk

Agartala, Oct 13: In a shocking incident, a woman and her daughter were hacked to death at ONGC Netaji Nagar area under Amtali police station in Agartala early on Sunday morning.

According to Superintendent of Police, West Dr. Kiran Kumar, the accused- Samarjit Chowdhury (40) has been arrested and taken into custody soon after the incident. He said, the accused already confessed the crime.

Speaking to the media at Amtali police station, the SP said, the deceased are- Soma Acharjee (mother- 50) and Tanushree Acharjee (daughter- 34).

He said, Tanushree has been in separation for the past one and half year. They had family issues and according to Samarjit, his mother-in-law was the reason behind it.

After preliminary interrogation, police said, on Saturday, Tanushree had uploaded her photo with two other men on facebook and Samarjit noticed it. After that, Samarjit secretly entered Tanushree's home, when the mother-daughter duo was out for pandal hopping. When they returned home around 4 am on Sunday morning, they were hacked to death.