Police in Murshidabad district's Farakka area of West Bengal said on Sunday that a man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a 22-year-old migrant worker. Jangipur Police District Additional Superintendent of Police Sajal Kanti Biswas announced the arrest at a press conference at Farakka Police Station on Sunday afternoon.

Source: IANS via hi INDiA

The deceased was identified by police as Mubarak Sheikh, 22, a migrant worker who had returned home on leave a few days earlier. His body was recovered on Friday morning from a paddy field in the Amtala area of Imamnagar gram panchayat, near the Jharkhand border. Police said his hands were tied and his throat had been slit with a sharp weapon; a liquor bottle was found near the body.

Source: Nation Press

Police said investigators examined the call records of the deceased's mobile phone and CCTV footage from a liquor shop in Khoshaspur, which led them to the accused, identified as Nasiruddin Sheikh alias Mister, 32. He was arrested on Saturday night and produced before the Jangipur Sub-district Court on Sunday. Police have applied for seven days' custody of the accused.

According to the police account reported by both outlets, the two men met while working in Odisha and were in a relationship, and the victim had been trying to end it, which police say led to disputes between them. Police allege the accused contacted the victim again on Thursday after learning he had returned to the village. These are police allegations; the accused has not been convicted, and the investigation is continuing.