Man had promised to behead ‘Kootie’, says relati

The alleged threat was made during a dispute for property .

A close relative recalled the conversation she had with the man who issued the threat .

“(Name called) came by me to complain and I told him I did not want to hear anything .

He said, ‘So you don’t want to hear anything? Wait until I cut off his head, I want to see what allyuh would do.’ After that, he walked off. I did not take it on then, but look what happened now.” The discovery of Bedassie’s body was made two days after relatives reported him missing at the Gasparillo Police Station .

Officers of the Homicide Region III have since detained two brothers from Barrackpore as well as the girlfriend of one of the men .

Yesterday Bedassie’s relatives said that the war over the property had been going on for sometime but they insisted that the property belongs to the Bedassie family and not the man who threatened him .

“They never see eyeto eye. Kootie always told him to get out the property but he refused to move out. Kootie did not deserve to die like that.” Bedassie lived alone and was neither married nor had any children .

Relatives last saw him at his home on March 26 (his birthday) .

Police obtained DNA (deoxyribonucleic) samples from his brothers Frankie, 72, and Suresh, 61, to be sent to a forensic lab for confirmation on the identity of the remains .

That process usually takes two to three months .

“We cannot have a funeral service so we just have to wait and see what is going on .

The police are working and spent many hours here yesterday (Wednesday),” another relative said .