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WB: Railway staff stabbed to death in Hooghly, youth stabs Facebook friend in Salt Lake

| | Mar 27, 2016, at 11:11 pm
Kolkata/Hooghly, Mar 27 (IBNS): A 50-year-old railway staff was killed by snatchers at Konnagar Station Road under Uttarpara Police Station area in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday early morning, reports said.

According to reports, Eastern Railway's staffer, Jai Prakash Gupta, was going to Howrah to join his duty, when he was attacked by 4-5 snatchers at around 4:30 am. When he tried to prevent the miscreants from snatching, he was stabbed badly.

Jai Prakash Gupta was rushed to Uttarpara State General Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

The miscreants, however, fled from the spot, after looting Jai Prakash's purse and mobile phone. Locals alleged that it was a very common incident in the area and four more people were stabbed and looted by the same miscreants on Sunday morning.

Police, however, started investigation into the matter. Nobody has been arrested so far.

Meanwhile, a youth allegedly stabbed his Facebook friend in Kolkata's satellite town Salt Lake area on Saturday night, reports said.

According to police reports, Rajesh Mukherjee, a resident of Bhadreswar in Hooghly district, met his Facebook friend- Arpita Khan- for the first time in front of Baisakhi Apartment under Bidhannagar East Police Station area in Salt Lake. During conversation, the youth suddenly stabbed the girl. When Arpita shouted and locals rushed to the spot, Rajesh tried to commit suicide by cutting his vain.

However, both have been admitted to Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Hospital. Police have started probe into the matter.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)   

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