Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a police constable whose body was found from a police outpost in Kalna with his throat slit.
The incident took place on late Monday evening. According to the district police,
the deceased might have committed suicide.
A detailed probe is underway in this connection.
It has been learnt that constable Mekhali Mandi (53), a resident of Nalhati in Birbhum, was posted at Bulbulitala police outpost under Kalna police station.
Police said that the deceased had gone to the kitchen of the police barrack in the evening. Sometime later, the other policemen entered the barrack and found Mandi lying in a pool of blood. They rushed him to Kalna Sub-Divisional Hospital, where the doctors pronounced him brought dead.
According to the preliminary investigation, the district police suspect that Mandi had slashed his throat with a knife. The knife that he might have used while committing suicide has already been seized by the investigating officers.
The family members of Mandi have demanded a high level probe into his unnatural death. They said that he might have committed suicide after failing to bear some psychological pressure. The family members also said that there may be some foul play behind his death.