What actually happened with Priyanka Tiwari, air hostess at Kingfisher Airline in Kolkata ?

This article is copied from Voice of Sikkim

 Kingfisher airline staff murdered, 

High profile case better you don’t speak was told on the phone- Father

LAWS ARE MEANT FOR ALL NO MATTER IT IS THE RICH OR POOR SECTION OF SOCIETY IN REPUBLIC COUNTRY INDIA.

25 March, Namchi: A 22 years old girl from 5 Mile Tadong, Sikkim was working in a reputed Kingfisher Airline in Kolkata, she lived in one of the rented rooms at Dumdum according to her parent. The deceased father, whose name is Kanhaiya Tiwari, works in the HRDD Department Govt of Sikkim in a post as Deputy Director.

According to the deceased father’s statement, his daughter was always informed over the phone about her daily routines either to her family. She was dedicated towards her work and never during her span of life was she alleged in any unfair things. Being an honest daughter she kept informing about herself on daily basis over the phone.

On 5 March she called up to her father saying that she is very pleased and excited since on the same day on her duty as an air hostess had met Bret Lee, an Australian cricketer on a plane. She also said over the phone that she had received an autograph from Bret Lee for her brother. During the conversation, she mentioned that she will be going out for a dinner tonight after 8:00 PM, as stated by her father. She also said that she has received the 2nd position in “Best Crew Staff” felicitation during the conversation on her last call. Priyanka further told her father that she would be coming home on 14 April for which she is also doing shopping.

On the next day 6 March in an office a phone call comes from the deceased sister who also is working in DIET HRDD Gangtok, the father received a call where his elder daughter sounded truncated crying that “Priyanka …”, having not completed a word by elder sister phone was disconnected. Father inquired that her daughter is no more, she has committed suicide by hanging in her room, the information was made to the father by Priyaka’s roommate Prakriti Chandra, a girl who has been staying with the deceased for the last two years.

On the same day, a phone call was received from ASI Papan Das police from Kolkata where Papan Das shouted saying take the body back home within 10 hours else will be charred. The cranky tone of the Kolkata Police Officer was unexpected like something cat and dog has died not a human being. Deceased from the several police authority sources in Sikkim contacted Kolkota Police to give a time since Sikkim is very far from Kolkata, while immediately within a short time family cannot reach there.

In between Mr. Suren Pradhan, a senior police officer from Sikkim made all possible contacts in Kolkota to withhold the dead body as such a family could reach there for taking back the dead body. Cooperation from Bhaichung Bhutia was immense otherwise they could have destroyed my daughter’s body, said the father. Bhaichung Bhutia, a reputed Indian footballer paid attention to the family and seek authority help in preserving the body unless a family member reaches there.

On 8 March deceased father reached the spot where his daughter used to live in a rented room, the roommate said that she committed suicide by hanging. The dead body was in police custody on 6 March night itself. Interestingly father said that no suicide note as such was found in an incident which can claim that it was a suicide case. Having investigated the entire room by their father, he informed that at no cause she could commit suicide and the ceiling itself is around 14 feet high, there were no chairs tables on the spot. Father also alleged that how could five feet tall girl reach the ceiling; there was no sign of wounds in the body as such. 

Father alleged that roommate is confusing the whole case where the roommate alleged that Priyanka had an affair with a person named Akash Gupta, who indeed is married and has two children; Prakriti admitted that the same person was her boyfriend previously. Father said that he was very thankful towards the Officer In-charge of Kolkota Police Mr. Gautam Mitra who in fact was soft on the case and delivered all possible help during the operation and assured to drag the culprit behind the bars sooner. Before informing to the police the roommate hailed for help to Akash Gupta she said, where Akash Gupta broke into the room from the windows pane inside the room of Priyanka where she was already dead, she also said to the deceased father that Akash Gupta escaped from the spot after breaking inside a room due to fear that police may interfere him into the case. Astonishingly the very spot where Priyanka committed suicide was left unattended by police, if a case was legitimate why did not the police seal the room said the father of the deceased.

On other hand, a Prakriti called back to a deceased sister at home in Gangtok not to indulge in controversy since the person called Akash Gupta is high profile, is very rich, and has a good network with various authorities. She also mentioned that she had falsely said their name as Akash Gupta but his exact name is Subham Gupta. Prakriti also said that said the person pays a monthly rent of Rs 18 Laks which itself should be estimated how powerful he is? Prakriti also told to deceased sister to tell her father to return back from Kolkata as soon as possible without putting matters into a dispute which at last will go in favour of Subham Gupta due to his stronghold.

On 8 March cremation rituals in Kaligath were done, one the next day FIR was lodged on the suspected death of his daughter. Meantime ASI Papan Das in the police station tried all his effort to distract the evidence, and even now the mobile phone of the deceased is seized is under police custody, said the father. The autopsy report is still waiting which shall reflect the cause of the unnatural death of his beloved daughter.

On 9 March father returned back to Sikkim with a desperate heart, he said that such an incident can happen to any one of innocent girls from the hill in Kolkata, no matter my daughter met a fate I shall not let that happen to anyone in the future. Having strongly condemned that he shall raise a concern from all corners to unveil the culprits and throw them behind the bar. Father alleged that there is a very good network of teams in the murder case, which will take no time to disclose if media and enquiring agencies take stern action.

The benefit of doubts that leads the matter as a suspicious mystery murder.

1.    Priyanka Tiwari was a good-natured girl as per the records in her past life in School days to collective social evidence. She was indeed felicitated second ranking by her reputed company in regards to her experience and capability as a “Best Crew Staff”.

2.    In her several conversations no such case of any depression or mental instability heeds which indicates she may or might pursue a crucial step as such. What heeds insight Dinner night?

3.    Being a roommate for the last two years the girl called Prakriti Chandra tried misinterpreting information in each episode of interrogation with the family members.

4.    In any form humanity does exist towards the looser be it a law of any country indeed, the ASI Papan Das’s telephonic call to the family members in such cranky tone itself make the situation more re-thinkable. How can it be possible for family members to take a dead body in such geographically far from the state that too abruptly without taking a decision from the elderly or comprehensive follow-ups?

5.    The day the suicide was done why didn’t the police authority seal the spot whereas in the case of Priyanka Tiwari's murder case the spot was exactly as normal days? Father turns shocked envisaging such a horrific investigation like some cat and dog has died not a human.

6.    Where is the mobile phone of the deceased?

7.    Why was the news of suicide not made to police having known that inside a room Priyanka committed suicide? What turned on Prakrita to hail Akash Gupta alias Subham Gupta to break into a room? Why did the person run away from the spot, as told by a roommate that he flew away from the scene to avoid legal disputes?

8.    Roommate indicates to the deceased family that Priyanka had an attachment with the person called Akash Gupta alias Subham Gupta, she even admits the said person was once her boyfriend too!

The person Akash Gupta alias Subham Gupta is already a married man possessing two children was told to family members by roommate Prakriti over the phone lately. It may be referred to point No.1 where Priyanka is told to have a decent characteristic who indeed shares each and every information to family members no matter it could be with her sister also. In such a case, being a responsible woman of 22 years of age does not take such steps in any form.

9.    Why did roommate make a call to a home in Sikkim not to indulge in a case since the case may go in favour of Akash Gupta alias Subham Gupta since he is a well established high profile person from Kolkota, who indeed has a good number of contacts to shield all allegations?

10.  Why did the roommate want the father to return back immediately from Kolkata, where the father had been there to take back his daughter’s dead body.

11. The law is equal for all citizens of India and on top applies to all belonging to whatever class or creed, although geographically Sikkim is a landlocked state in North East, here too people have same rules and regulation that is being followed by the entire nation in a common platform.

I only require my prayers to all the people who have emotionally come forward during my daughter’s death and expressed their condolence. I am an aged old father of a deceased daughter; I want to Law to give me proper justice as such I may solace my feelings and expression. Power of Money in form of law is nothing; the law is for all and applies equally to the rich or poor citizens of India. Today I lost my daughter no matter tomorrow someone may do, I shall not let such things happen to other parents.

-Father of deceased