43-yr-old doctor found dead

Kolkata: A 43-year-old doctor committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of a room in his house at Chetla on Thursday evening.

Police said the victim, Amlan Dutta, was found hanging from the ceiling fan at around 4 pm on Thursday. Police was informed soon after it came to the notice and he was taken to SSKM Hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Police initiated a probe in this connection and sent the body for an autopsy. A police officer said apparently no external marks of injury were found on his body. But they are waiting for the autopsy report in order to come to a final conclusion about whether there was any foul play behind his death. No suicide note was found from the room where he was found hanging and cops are trying to ascertain the exact reason that forced him to take such a step. Police will also speak to the family members of the victim to know whether he was passing through any problem.

In another incident, the decomposed body of a 48-year-old man was found in a room where he used to stay as a tenant. The victim was orginially a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and he came to Kolkata for work. Police are trying to ascertain the exact reason behind the death of the person. They suspect that he had died a couple of days ago. On Thursday, locals got foul smell and reported the matter to the police, who rushed to the spot and sent the decomposed body to SSKM Hospital. . They are trying to find out whether there is any foul play behind the incident and also spoke to the locals who told the police that they never found anything suspicious in his behaviour.