Kolkata Police say Aabesh Dasgupta's death was accidental, mother insists it's murder

Jhilmil Dasgupta, mother of teenager Aabesh Dasgupta who was stabbed at author Amit Chaudhuri’s house party and later succumbed to his injuries on 23 July, has refuted Kolkata Police’s claims that it was an accidental death, insisting that her son was murdered, reported The Indian Express.

“Grief has not taken over completely. I have to fight for my child. I am all Aabesh has,” Jhilmil told The Indian Express, convinced that her son was murdered.

Earlier, the Dasgupta family, which has been claiming it to be a “pre-planned murder”, had met Chief Minister Banerjee and requested her to ensure that the investigation was not influenced,  reported IANS .

IANS quoted Rimjhim as saying_,_ “We told her (Banerjee) that there are still many unanswered questions, many loose ends. She gave a patient hearing to all our apprehensions and assured the truth will be unravelled. The Chief Minister said whatever the police have said needs to be proved. She assured us that everything will be done to ensure justice.”

Aabesh, 17, was found lying in a pool of blood on the ground floor car park of well known writer Amit Chaudhuri’s apartment complex in south Kolkata’s Ballygunge, where he had gone to attend a birthday party on 23 July.

A blood soaked neck of a broken bottle was recovered from the spot.

While the family has been claiming that Aabesh was murdered; the police, citing circumstantial evidence, had ruled out any foul play or conspiracy and suggested the death could be accidental.

Based on CCTV footage, the police had claimed that Aabesh tried to jump a ramp in the parking lot while holding an alcohol bottle in his hand.

While jumping, he tripped and fell on the broken bottle and suffered an injury to the armpit, resulting in profuse bleeding which ultimately caused his death.

Police, however, claimed their findings were still inconclusive.

Besides arresting three people for selling liquor to minors, the police had interrogated the teenagers accompanying Aabesh on the fateful day as also writer Chaudhuri.

With inputs from IANS