DU professor Debosmita Paul sent medicines to her mother and had a promotion interview before she was murdered
DU assistant professor, Debosmita Paul, had a promotion interview scheduled and had also sent medicines to her mother before she was found murdered
Delhi University professor Debosmita Paul, 43, was found murdered in her Raja Garden apartment under suspicious circumstances, with police investigating the possibility that the perpetrator was an acquaintance as there were no signs of forced entry. Prior to her death, Paul had reportedly sent medicines to her mother and was scheduled for a promotion interview, which she missed, leading a colleague to note she had been unreachable since the previous afternoon. The victim, who lived alone and was in ongoing divorce proceedings with her husband who resides in Bengaluru, had previously worked as a guest lecturer and an ad hoc professor before becoming an assistant professor at her current college in 2023.
Delhi University professor Debosmita Paul, 43, was found murdered in her Raja Garden apartment under suspicious circumstances, with police investigating the possibility that the perpetrator was an acquaintance as there were no signs of forced entry. Prior to her death, Paul had reportedly sent medicines to her mother and was scheduled for a promotion interview, which she missed, leading a colleague to note she had been unreachable since the previous afternoon. The victim, who lived alone and was in ongoing divorce proceedings with her husband who resides in Bengaluru, had previously worked as a guest lecturer and an ad hoc professor before becoming an assistant professor at her current college in 2023.
Delhi University professor Debosmita Paul, 43, was found murdered in her Raja Garden apartment under suspicious circumstances, with police investigating the possibility that the perpetrator was an acquaintance as there were no signs of forced entry. Prior to her death, Paul had reportedly sent medicines to her mother and was scheduled for a promotion interview, which she missed, leading a colleague to note she had been unreachable since the previous afternoon. The victim, who lived alone and was in ongoing divorce proceedings with her husband who resides in Bengaluru, had previously worked as a guest lecturer and an ad hoc professor before becoming an assistant professor at her current college in 2023.
DU professor Debosmita Paul sent medicines to her mother and had a promotion interview before she was found murdered.
The Delhi University professor who was found murdered in her apartment, Debosmita Paul, reportedly had a promotion interview on Thursday. A police official said that she did not attend the interview, according to a colleague who worked at the college.
In the hours leading upto her death, the 43-year-old also had reportedly sent medicines to her mother, her family told police.
According to their colleague, the principal’s PA had tried to contact the professor but was unable to reach her the day before the murder.
We were told that the principal’s personal assistant had tried to contact her, but no one from the college had been able to reach her since around 4 pm on Wednesday. On Thursday afternoon, we received the news that she had passed away,” the colleague told Hindustan Times.
They also said that the professor was a “reserved person”.
Paul had also worked as a guest lecturer at the college before she was appointed as an assistant professor.
Police officers also said that the victim worked as an ad hoc professor at another DU college before she was appointed as an assistant professor at her current college in Raja Garden in 2023, Patrika Reported.
They also said that the victim separated from her husband, who is currently based in Bengaluru and that their divorce proceeding have been ongoing for the past four years at Karkadooma court.
The victim lived alone in her flat. There were no signs of forced entry or the lock being broken. Police suspect that the murderer may have been an acquaintance of the deceased and that the victim may have allowed the suspect into the house.
When the victim's sister arrived at her Vasundhara Enclave apartment, she found that it was locked from the outside. When the lock was broken by a society member, the professor’s body was found lying on the floor inside the room.
The body has been sent to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital for a postmortem, and a murder case has been registered.