According to the Public Prosecution Service, these conversations show what happened to Sumanta. For example, in a conversation between Manodj and his brother: “I just killed her,” Manodj says. His brother asks him if he has thrown away the murder weapon. “No,” says Manodj. “I went straight through the heart with that thing, dead, done.”
Make body with chemicals disappear
After a broadcast of Opsporing Verzocht about the disappearance, there is again telephone contact between the two. Manodj said, “We’re in Investigation Requested, ai, ai. I just killed her.” There was also talk about a murder weapon and how long it takes for a body to decay. According to the OM, Manodj has tried to make Sumanta’s body disappear with chemicals.
Manodj himself denies any involvement. His father Dwarka is also said to have played a role in the disappearance. But his lawyer Theo Hiddema said earlier that there was evidence for that. “This case is as dead as a doornail.” According to him, the Public Prosecution Service has tried for 1.5 years to find out who was involved and then arrested the entire family ‘out of poverty’.
Family wants to know where Sumanta is
Sumanta’s parents come to the Netherlands from Suriname to attend the case, explains their lawyer Priya Soekhai. “They have a very hard time with it, because Manodj continues to deny, but in their eyes is the perpetrator. But also that the brother knows about it, but is no longer suspicious. Yet the most important thing for them is that the body of Sumanta is Then they can really shut it down.”
Whether that clarity will come remains to be seen today. Just like what punishments the prosecutor will demand. There is still a spare day for the trial on June 7, if necessary.