Kolkata, March 3 – Three young men were killed after a car they were travelling in lost control and fell into a pond, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday night in the Islampur area of North Dinajpur district. Meanwhile, four others were injured in the accident and have been admitted to hospital.
The names of the deceased are Surajit Das, Boni Das, and Mukunda Das. All of them are in their late teens or early twenties.
One of the four injured men has been identified as Atanu Shil. He is a resident of the Nadia district. Four people, including Atanu, have been admitted to the Islampur Sub-divisional Hospital.
It is learnt that these seven youths were employed in the garage of a man named Subal Karmakar, under the Islampur police station.
It is learnt that Atanu Shil and Mukund Das, residents of Nadia, were in love with the same young woman. This led to a heated argument between the two, and Atanu checked into a hotel in Islampur on Monday night.
From there, Mukund, Atanu, and five other young men went for a ride in the garage owner's son's car. They went to the Fatipukur area on the Bihar border of Islampur.
At that time, a fight broke out between Atanu and Mukund. It is alleged that Atanu was severely beaten inside the car, and a major scuffle ensued. As a result, the driver of the car lost control, and the vehicle fell into the pond.
Hearing the loud noise, locals came to inspect the area, and upon seeing the car in the pond, they rushed in and extracted the seven people from it.
Unfortunately, three of the people had died by that time.
The bodies of the three youths were recovered, and the four injured men were taken to the Islampur Sub-divisional Hospital for treatment.
Upon receiving information about the accident, officers from the Putia Police Station in Bihar reached the spot. The three bodies were sent to the Kishanganj Medical Hospital in Bihar for autopsy. The police of Bihar and the Islampur Police Station in North Dinajpur district have jointly started investigating the entire incident.