Golaghat triple murder case: Police apprehends prime accused’s mother, brother

In the aftermath of the triple murder case in Assam’s Golaghat, the police have apprehended the accused husband’s brother and mother on Thursday, the police official said.

“We have received some evidences and based on that we have arrested the mother and brother of the accused person,” Mrinmoy Das, Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) of Golaghat district told the media.

In a sensational incident, a man identified as Nazibur Rahman Bora (25), has been accused of murdering his wife, Sanghamitra Ghosh (24) and her parents, Sanjeev Ghosh and Junu Ghosh, at their Hindi School Road residence of Golaghat town under Golaghat police station on Monday afternoon.

The accused later surrendered before police later in the evening with his ninth month-old child.
The victims were identified as Sanjib Ghosh, his wife Junu Ghosh, and the accused person’s wife Sanghamitra Ghosh.

Assam CM met with Ankita Ghosh, daughter of Sanjeev Ghosh and Junu Ghosh, and sister of Sanghamitra Ghosh, the trio who were allegedly murdered by Nazibur Rahman who later surrendered himself to the police.

Speaking to media persons, Sarma said the gruesomeness of the crime left him deeply disturbed and pained.

He further said that the charge sheet for the case shall be filed within a period of 15 days and that the trial will be held in a fast-track court so that the delivery of justice is not delayed.

Mrinmoy Das further said that the further investigation in the case is underway.

“Our investigation is on. Now Golaghat police is investigating this case and other agencies have guided us and given their expertise. We have produced the arrested persons before the court,” he added.

Earlier, the DGP of Assam, GP Singh, took to the microblogging website, Twitter, to share the details and police action regarding the case on July 25. 

He listed the sequence of events as follows- 

1. In June 2020, during lockdown accused and Sanghamitra Ghosh met on Facebook. Accused was in Golaghat then.
2. In October 2020, they both fled away to Kolkata and the parents of Sanghamitra Ghosh lodged an FIR vide Golaghat PS Case No. 680/2020 U/S 366 IPC. Sanghamitra Ghosh was recovered from Kolkata by Golaghat Police. They performed court marriages in Kolkata. (Marriage certificate enclosed) The case was submitted in FR vide Golaghat PS FR No. 478 dtd. 04/11/2020.
3. On 06/03/2021, the parents of Sanghamitra Ghosh lodged FIR against their daughter that Sanghamitra Ghosh had committed theft and in this regard, Golaghat PS Case No. 222/2021 U/S 380 IPC was registered. Sanghamitra Ghosh was arrested and was in judicial custody for 37 days. The Case was chargesheeted vide Golaghat PS CS No. 128/2021 dtd. 11/04/2021. After getting bail, Sanghamitra Ghosh was residing with her parents.
4. In January 2022, the accused and Sanghamitra once again fled to Chennai and stayed there together for 5 months. Sanghamitra became pregnant there. They then returned to Golaghat in August 2022 and started residing together in the house of the accused. In November 2022, they had a baby boy. 
5. In March 2023, Sanghamitra Ghosh left the house of the accused and returned to her parents as she was facing torture in the house of the accused. In this regard, on 21/03/2023, a case was registered at Golaghat PS vide Golaghat PS Case No. 119/2023 U/S 443/325/307/506 IPC. In this case, the accused was arrested and was in jail for 28 days. The case was chargesheeted vide Golaghat PS CS No. 69/2023 dtd. 31/03/2023. The accused was presently on bail in this case.
6. After coming out from jail, the accused was adamant about meeting his wife and child. There was tension going on regarding this matter between the families of the accused and Sanghamitra Ghosh. On 29/04/2023, the brother of the accused lodged an FIR against Sanghamitra Ghosh and her family members that they had beaten the accused and physically assaulted him. In this regard, Golaghat PS Case No. 141/2023 u/s 342/325/307/506/34 IPC was registered and the case is presently under investigation.
7. On 24/07/2023, the accused murdered Sanghamitra Ghosh and her parents and in this regard, Golaghat PS Case No. 200/2023 u/s 302/448 IPC has been registered and is presently under investigation. Teams of FSL and CID have reached Golaghat to associate in the investigation.