Kolkata: An elderly person was found lying in a pool of blood at a house in Karaya on Thursday morning. Police recovered his body and sent for autopsy examination.
According to local residents, on Thursday around 5:30 am, some persons of a multi-storied building located on May Fair Road in Karaya found Abhijit Chatterjee, 73, in a pool of blood.
Immediately, police were informed. Later, sleuths rushed him to Chittaranjan National Medical College (CNMC) and Hospital where doctors declared brought dead.
During autopsy examination doctors said Chatterjee died as he fell from height.
According to local residents, Chatterjee used to live alone in flat located on the seventh floor of that multistoried residential building. It is suspected that he might have fallen from the balcony of his flat. Though no foul play could be detected till Thursday night, sleuths are trying to make sure that whether he committed suicide or he fell down accidentally.
Police are questioning his neighbours about Chatterjee's daily routine, mainly when he used to get up from sleep.
If it is found that Chatterjee used to wake up late, then it could a case of suicide as question will arise why he woke up early on Thursday.
But police are quite sure that it is a case of accident. Primarily an unnatural death case has been lodged at the Karaya police station.