Mystery shrouds the death of an IT employee whose body was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside his rented house at Mahishbathan in Salt Lake on Tuesday morning.
Police said that the victim, Simanta Pal, originally from Hooghly's Arambag rented a house at Mahisbathan area around three months ago. He used to work at a call centre in Salt Lake. The local residents on Tuesday morning felt a pungent smell coming out from his room which was locked from inside. The locals informed the matter to the police who broke open the door to find the victim hanging from the ceiling fan with the body decomposed.
Bidhannagar police have recovered a suicide note from his room which makes the investigating officer believe that the victim might have committed suicide after being jilted in a love affair. Police said that the victim mentioned on his suicide note that he had taken the drastic step after the girl with whom he had developed an affair blocked him on social networking sites. Police have also recovered a photograph of the girl on his bed. The local people told the police that the victim had been missing for the past two days.
Police came to know in the course of the investigation that Pal had attended his office for the last time on Saturday. Some of his colleagues told the police that Pal was found to be depressed when he went to his office for the last time. The victim's colleague also told the police that the victim had been suffering from depression after he had been jilted in a love affair.
According to the preliminary investigation, police suspect that the victim might have committed suicide. Police are, however, investigating if there is any foul play behind the incident. It is quite clear to the police that the victim committed suicide as the door was locked from inside. The circumstantial evidences also support the view. Police are investigating whether there was any instigation behind the incident.
Police are examining the suicide note and other samples collected from the spot. The body has been sent for the post-mortem examination. Police may interrogate the girl with whom the victim had a relationship.