 Sajal Barui then took refuge in the den of a local criminal known as "Hathkata" Bishu (Bengali for one-armed Bishu) in Lake Town, Kolkata.He worked with Bishu, under the alias Kamal, and was responsible for a robbery in the Ultadanga area of Kolkata.As the search for Kamal intensified, Sajal Barui, migrated to Jamboni, in West Midnapore district, to work for Rajeev Meti, a local criminal.