A 29-year-old man in Kolkata came out of his coma and recalled the events that led to his fall from a three-storey building in 2010, leading to the arrest of two of his friends from that time in Bengaluru. The two were bailed soon, but have now been arrested after 10 years, based on a new sketch of the incident.
Bengaluru Police has now arrested the two men over the 2010 incident. (Representative image: PTI)
A 29-year-old man in Kolkata came out of his coma and recalled the events that led to his fall from a three-storey building in 2010, leading to the arrest of two of his friends from that time in Bengaluru. The two were bailed soon, but have now been arrested after 10 years, based on a new sketch of the incident.
In December 2010, Shouvik Chatterjee and his college friends Shashank Das from Assam and Jitendra Kumar from Odisha met at his rented accommodation in Bengaluru.
The victim was thrown off the terrace of a three-storey building by the two others. He slipped into coma after suffering head injuries while the two accused went on to become engineers.
Shouvik Chatterjee was in coma for a year and after waking up in 2011, he recalled the events that led to his fall from the building. He remembered Shashank Das and Jitendra Kumar pushing him off the terrace.
Shouvik along with the police have recreated the event with a sketch, which proved to be a piece of vital evidence during investigation that finally led to arrest of the two accused. They were earlier released on bail in 2012.
The incident took place 10 years ago and now the two accused have been sentenced to 7 years in prison after the conviction. Accused Shashank works at a private bank while Jitendra also works in a private firm in Bengaluru. Shouvik now lives in Kolkata.
Shouvik was an engineering student while Shashank was his classmate and Jitendra was also a friend who was pursuing his post-graduation. Shouvik was close to a girl and Shashank too liked the same girl, which may have led to the attack.