According to a senior officer of Kolkata Police, the post-mortem report of Mondal suggested that the "deep injury" on his head was the result of a hit by a heavy object but not because of a blow by a piece of brick as claimed by the friends.
Another top Kolkata Police source revealed that the four friends of Mondal had "discrepancies" in their versions of the incident that allegedly took place in Maddox Square last Friday midnight.
"There are a few queries which still remain to be answered. The four friends said that after admitting Mondal to the hospital they went to Maddox Square that very night. We can't fathom why they had gone back to the place where people had threatened them. These questions need to be answered," the senior officer, part of the investigating team into the incident, said.
Ronit, who had suffered serious head injuries during an alleged brawl between he, his friends and a group of people in Maddox Square last week, died last night at a private hospital where he was admitted on Friday.
Ronit's friends had lodged an FIR with the Ballygunge Police Station against unknown persons and police started a murder case.
Stitching the version of Ronit's four friends, the official said on Friday night they drove from Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district and bought biriyani from an outlet in Park Circus. They then drove to Maddox Square and were having food when a few unknown persons asked them to leave the place. As Ronit and his friends said they would leave after finishing the food the group then allegedly attacked them.
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