Police in Kolkata responded to a severe car crash near Abhishek Chowk on the EM Bypass involving Pranay Dey, Prasun Dey, and Prateep Dey. Upon searching their belongings, officers identified their residential address in Tangra. Investigating the four-story family residence, police discovered the dead bodies of three female family members: Romi Dey, Sudeshna Dey, and a 14-year-old girl. Romi and Sudeshna had severe cut marks on their wrists, while the 14-year-old had neck marks and foam around her mouth. Although Prasun Dey later claimed in hospital that the family engaged in a joint suicide pact, police and Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma noted physical injury evidence suggesting possible homicide or a staged crime scene. Investigations into forensic, CCTV, financial, and dispute angles remain ongoing.
Country: India
State/Province: West Bengal, India
City/Region: Kolkata
Incident Type: Family Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
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Incident Date: Feb. 19, 2025
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The case involves a joint family residing in a four-story home in Tangra, Kolkata, who reportedly ran a leather business and faced recent financial distress. The simultaneous death of three female family members inside the home and a severe car crash involving three male family members reflects a extreme domestic crisis. While one surviving male family member claimed a pact to end their lives, severe wrist and neck injuries on the deceased female family members led police to suspect homicide followed by staged self-harm or flee attempt.
Kolkata Police under Commissioner Manoj Verma are investigating all potential angles, including financial distress, domestic disputes, and potential homicide masked as a joint suicide pact. Key physical evidence includes blade cuts on the female victims' wrists, neck marks on the minor victim, and a recovered weapon of offense. Forensic analysis, post-mortem findings, viscera reports, CCTV footage, and phone record verifications remain active priorities.
Initial confusion stemmed from responding to an apparent vehicular accident on EM Bypass, only to find three dead bodies at the driver's residence. Investigators face conflicting narratives between Prasun Dey's assertion of a failed suicide pact and forensic signs suggesting deliberate homicidal violence.
Reconstruction indicates that an incident occurred inside the Tangra residence resulting in the deaths of Romi Dey, Sudeshna Dey, and a 14-year-old girl. Subsequently, Pranay Dey, Prasun Dey, and Prateep Dey departed in a vehicle that collided with a pole near Abhishek Chowk on EM Bypass. Identification via Aadhaar cards directed police to the Tangra residence, uncovering the crime scene on the second floor.
Extreme danger arises when acute business or financial distress combines within a closed, multi-generational household setting. Unresolved domestic financial pressures can escalate to lethal outcomes for vulnerable family members, including minor children.
Vehicle collision responses can reveal concurrent serious domestic crimes. Unverified claims of joint suicide pacts require rigorous forensic verification against physical injury patterns.
Neighbours reported that the family was facing business financial distress, though no prior outward violence had been reported.
Aadhaar cards found in the wallets of the crash victims led police directly to the four-story Tangra home, where running fans and lights in locked rooms prompted entry.
Physical evidence includes cut marks on wrists, neck injury marks, mouth foam on the minor, a sharp weapon recovered from the home, and vehicle crash damage.
Neighbours informed police that the male family members had gone out while the women and daughter remained inside the home.
Initial crash response shifted into a major multi-body murder and suicide investigation following the discovery of the deceased female relatives.
Whether the deaths resulted from a deliberate mass murder by the male family members or a forced suicide pact remains unresolved pending final post-mortem and viscera reports.