KOLKATA: Investigation into the murder of a youth in a hotel room in the Kasba area of south Kolkata revealed that a dispute over money between the two parties, who met through a dating app, was the reason for the killing.
Police sources said on Monday that a young man named Dhruba Saha (20) and a young woman named Komal Saha (20) had checked into the hotel with IT professional Adarsh Losalka (33) at a hotel in the Kasba area on Friday night.
On Saturday afternoon, Losalka's body was found naked and his legs tied up. The police said there was a deep injury on his head and that his death was due to asphyxiation.
On Sunday evening, the police arrested both Dhruba and Komal, who claimed to be a content writer for a dating app, on charges of murdering Losalka.