Kolkata, February 14 A booth-level officer (BLO) was among two arrested for allegedly murdering a man over an extramarital affair in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police said on Saturday.
BLO Rizwan Hasan Mondal and his accomplice Sagar Gyne were arrested on Friday after the dismembered body parts of 30-year-old Nasir Ali were found in a canal in Baduria, a police officer said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Mondal had an extramarital affair with Ali's wife, and he had asked the deceased to meet him at a deserted place late on Monday evening, purportedly to discuss some issues related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal, he said.
Ali was reported missing since Monday night, and his family filed a police complaint the next day.
Police tracked Mondal's phone calls and movements, and found the body parts in the canal on Friday morning, the officer said.
Mondal was interrogated and subsequently arrested on charges of murdering Ali and dumping his body parts in three different locations along the canal.
Gyne was arrested on charges of assisting Mondal in the murder, dismembering the body, and dumping the parts, he added.
Locals staged a road blockade in the area for about half an hour, demanding justice. They were later persuaded by the police to lift the protest.
