Kolkata Woman Stabs Live-in Partner To Death After He Posted 'Family' Photo

In a shocking incident, 32-year-old Sarthak Das was stabbed to death by his live-in partner Sanhati Paul. Das was a Kolkata-based photographer who was living in a flat Dumdum area of Kolkata with Paul, a make-up artist. The murder happened hours after Das posted a picture of him with Paul and her son on the social media account. The couple had been together for a year and a half. But for the past few days, they were having a lot of fights.  

As per reports, Paul stabbed Das with a knife multiple times on Wednesday. Then, she informed the police who rushed to the spot only to find Das' body in a pool of blood with several stab injuries. Das was immediately taken to the hospital. But unfortunately, doctors said that he was brought dead. 

Police action against the accused

The police registered a complaint against Paul for the murder of Das. During interrogation, she confessed to the crime but the reason behind it is still unknown. DCP (South Zone) Barrackpore, Anupam Singh told a media outlet, “We arrested the woman and seized the murder weapon. She confessed to the crime. She will be produced in a court on Thursday.”

Was social media post a reason behind the murder?

Many reports are linking the murder with the recent social media post of Das. He had posted pictures of him with Paul and her son on his account with hashtags “#betterhalf”, “#loveofmylife" and more. Paul is divorced and has a son from her previous husband. However, the "family" photo has now been deleted.

Other parallel cases 

In the past months, several murders by live-in partners have taken place. In June 2023, a 56-year-old man, Manoj Sahani, killed his 36-year-old live-in partner Saraswati Vaidya in Mumbai. As per the police reports, Sahani killed Vaidya and chopped her body into several pieces. He used to boil the body pieces in the cooker so that there was no foul smell. 

In August 2023, a 24-year-old woman was killed by her live-in partner in Bengaluru using a cooker. The accused, Vaishanav, hit Deva on the head with a cooker three times. He was suspicious that Deva was having an affair. As per reports, he first emptied the rice in the cooker and then hit Deva with it in the bedroom.