Body of pregnant woman found at father's residence

Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a pregnant woman whose body was found inside her father's house in Phoolbagan in Kolkata on Friday.

Sources said the woman's in-law's had lodged a missing complaint with the police in Howrah a couple of days ago.

Her husband came to her father's house in Phoolbagan on Thursday. But he also went missing after a few hours.

Finally, the victim's sister went to Phoolbagan police station on Friday morning and informed the police that she couldn't find the woman.

Police initiated a probe and the woman's body was found from a room of her father's house. The body was found on the floor just beside a bed in the room. The body was wrapped in a bedcover. It has been sent for an autopsy.

There were severe injury marks on her body. Police suspect that it is a case of murder.