Kolkata: In a shocking incident, a Jharkhand-based actress was allegedly shot dead by snatchers on National Highway 16 in Howrah on Wednesday morning.
According to media reports, the incident took place when she was traveling to Kolkata from Ranchi with her husband Prakash Kumar, and three-year-old daughter.
A complaint was filed by his husband and the police have launched a probe into the case. The police further questioned Kumar and took him to the spot of the incident to reconstruct the events of the crime.
The police have also gathered the footage from a CCTV camera installed in a factory near the spot where the crime took place.
According to his statement given to the police, the husband was driving the car when they stopped at Mahishrekha bridge at Bagnan under the Uluberia sub-division of Howrah district to attend nature’s call.
The statement further added that three people allegedly approached the vehicle with the intention of robbing them. The robbers fired at the actress after they tried to resist from giving them the valuables.
The miscreants, as per Prakash Kumar’s statement, fled from the spot and he drove to a nearby locality and informed the locals.
The actress was rushed to a hospital in Uluberia where he was declared dead. She was a famous actor from Jharkhand and her real name was Riya Kumari while the screen name was Isha Alya.
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