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{{Short description|2014 murders in Kolkata, India}}
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'''Ekbalpur triple murder'''<ref name="Ekbalpore triple murder case">{{cite news|title=Cops face flak in Ekbalpore triple murder case|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Cops-face-flak-in-Ekbalpore-triple-murder-case/articleshow/33754697.cms|date=15 April 2014 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Minors-in-crime-worry-police/articleshow/34083901.cms|title=Minors in crime worry police|work=The Times of India |date=23 April 2014|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref> was the gruesome murder<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Triple-murder-in-Ekbalpore-Bite-mark-clinches-case-against-Sikandar/articleshow/33754732.cms|title=Triple murder in Ekbalpore: Bite mark clinches case against Sikandar|work=The Times of India |date=15 April 2014|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref> of a widow and her two teenage daughters which took place in [[Ekbalpur]], Kolkata, India in March 2014. According to [[Kolkata Police|Kolkata police]], the two daughters were strangled to death after being hit by a [[hammer]]. The mother was also strangled to death. Then their bodies were buried under the shop owned by the accused which led to the mysterious disappearance of the family.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mother, daughters found buried inside shop|newspaper=The Hindu |date=13 April 2014 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/mother-daughters-found-buried-inside-shop/article5910002.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=14-day custody for murder accused|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/14day-custody-for-murder-accused/article5913606.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 April 2014 }}</ref>

The victim's family accused the police of harassment as they had mentioned the prime accused Sikandar as their suspect. The police claimed Pushpa ran away with her lover. After two weeks police found, Pushpa Singh, 37, and her daughters Pradipti Singh, 14, and Aradhana, 12, were murdered and buried in the shop of prime accused Sikandar on 30 March. The residents protested outside court with black flags.<ref name="Ekbalpore triple murder case"/> The local police were accused of going soft on prime accused Sikandar though he was named by the victims' kin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Noose-tightens-around-Ekbalpore-police-officer-in-charge/articleshow/33792757.cms|title=Noose tightens around Ekbalpore police, officer-in-charge|work=The Times of India |date=16 April 2014|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>

At first the case looked like disappearance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Mystery-over-missing-woman-daughters/articleshow/33679570.cms|title=Mystery over missing woman, daughters|work=The Times of India |date=13 April 2014|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref> The accused bought cement, bricks, sand and stone chips on 2 April for cementing the floor after digging it up to bury the bodies of the widow and her two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accused taken to three shops|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140416/jsp/calcutta/story_18193893.jsp#.VbsRAPm6bIU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423125220/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140416/jsp/calcutta/story_18193893.jsp#.VbsRAPm6bIU|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> Investigators found they were murdered for flats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mom and girls murdered over flat|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140414/jsp/calcutta/story_18187140.jsp#.VbsP1Pm6bIV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417134531/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140414/jsp/calcutta/story_18187140.jsp#.VbsP1Pm6bIV|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>

The case resulted in political blamegame as the accused men had relations with local politician and one of them had the support of a political party. The opposition party and minority organization led a [[Illuminated procession|candle light march]] for the victims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Politicians-make-use-of-triple-murder/articleshow/33975389.cms|title=Politicians make use of triple murder|work=The Times of India |date=20 April 2014|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140423125656/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140418/jsp/calcutta/story_18246752.jsp#.VbsREfm6bIU Triple murder weapon found]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140423125224/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140417/jsp/calcutta/story_18205082.jsp#.VbsRDPm6bIU Police look for body accomplices]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140420011759/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140415/jsp/calcutta/story_18191742.jsp#.VbsP2Pm6bIV Trunks made for murder]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140417031652/http://abpananda.abplive.in/incoming/2014/04/15/article295327.ece/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A5 একবালপুর-হত্যাকাণ্ডে-পুলিশ]
* [http://abpananda.abplive.in/kolkata/2014/04/14/article294767.ece/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6 একবালপুর-হত্যাকাণ্ডে-নয়া-তথ]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://eisamay.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/triple-murder-in-ekbalpore-bite-mark-clinches-case-against-sikandar/articleshow/33786554.cms triple-murder-in-ekbalpore]


[[Category:Crime in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Violence against women in India]]

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Ekbalpur triple murder - Revision history

ZFMOtis800669 at 02:55, 5 January 2026