Virtual Trail: Murder & Mayhem in Kolkata

1858: Jewish Housewife found brutally murdered in her bedroom

1862: Bengali sex-worker found dead in Central Calcutta”

1870-78: Little Girls go missing from North Calcutta

1881: A Queen & her accomplices rob a Jewelry Store and Kill the Munshi

1883-84: Six Women Mysteriously Murdered in North Kolkata”

All of these cold-blooded murders were some of the most challenging cases handled by the Detectives of the Calcutta Police Department in the 19th century. Most of these involve the eternal chase of one Bengali Police Detective and his elusive convict.