Mithun Ghosh, Chandan Basu, Lakshmi Chakra-barty and Phulmani

A probe revealed that Gupta had reportedly developed homosexual tendencies recently and depended on a criminal ring to supply him with the means to satisfy his carnal desires.Rakesh Gupta murder case after arresting four people on Saturday. After one such porn show on February 10, the gang demanded a huge sum from him. He refused to pay up and an argument broke out. When Rakesh started screaming, the criminals tied a handkerchief to his throat and throttled him. They later dumped the body by a pond in Muragachha, North 24-Parganas. This is what the gang of four - Mithun Ghosh, Chandan Basu, Lakshmi Chakra-barty and Phulmani - told the police on Saturday after their arrest. However, mastermind Shibu has gone under cover. Gupta had met Shibu about six months ago at City Centre. As both got to know each other, he told Shibu about his private desires. The criminal was quick to see that the liaison would spin big money for him. At first, he organised small, private escapades for Gupta. Then about a week before February 10, he hatched a bigger plan with Mithun, Chandan and Lakshmi, who is Chandan’s companion. They decided to lure Gupta to a two-storey house in the Ghola area with the bait of a porn show. This time, they hoped to ask for a bigger amount. Accordingly, on the fateful day, Shibu called up Gupta. The executive, who had gone to drop his mother at the airport, cancelled all appointments and rushed to the house. Call details reveal that Gupta had switched off his cellphone at 3.47 pm, which indicates he was in the building by then. Police suspect the gang cornered Gupta inside the house and demanded a huge sum of money. Gupta refused to pay up as he had only Rs 2,600 on him. The gang then asked for his ATM card and threatened to expose him if he didn’t pay up. But Gupta didn’t give in. Instead, he said he would call the police. As Gupta started screaming, one of the gang members strangled him with a handkerchief. His death put the gang in a spot. Lakshmi then got in touch with her sister-in-law Phulmani at Ultadanga and told her about their predicament. It was Phulmani who hired a Matador, got the sack and nylon rope and stuffed the body inside the sack. Late at night, the body was taken out of the house and dumped beside a nearby pond. A blouse was stuffed in the sack to mislead investigators. “We are now looking for Shibu and the Matador driver. All the four arrested persons were produced in a Barrackpore court on Saturday and remanded in police custody for four days,” said North 24-Parganas SP Supratim Sarkar

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