Brother-In-Law Killed Woman, Whose Severed Head Was Found, For Rejecting Advances: Police

Cracking the case within 24 hours, Kolkata Police arrested the brother-in-law, identified as Atiur Rahman Laskar, from his native village, Basuldanga, in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district.

The woman, whose severed head was found at a garbage dump in south Kolkata's Tollygunge area, was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law as she had snubbed his advances, police said on Saturday.

Cracking the case within 24 hours, Kolkata Police arrested the brother-in-law, identified as Atiur Rahman Laskar, from his native village, Basuldanga, in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district.

Police claimed that Laskar, a construction worker, confessed to killing the woman who was separated from her husband two years ago.