Housewife dies in Bansdroni, parents allege torture by in-laws

Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a housewife at Bansdroni in the southern fringes of the city, who died after she complained of illness and was taken to Bijoygarh Hospital by her in-laws on Thursday night.

The deceased Payel Chakraborty (32), a resident of Shyamnagar in North 24-Parganas, was married to Mriganka Roy in January 2017.

The deceased's father Swapan Chakraborty alleged that his daughter was subjected to physical and mental torture at her in-laws' house after a few months of her marriage.

Her husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law used to torture her, according to Chakraborty who had lodged a complaint with Bansdroni police station, alleging that her daughter has been murdered.

"My daughter had video called me at around 8.30 pm at night. She was absolutely fine. An hour later, my son-in-law called me up, informing that my daughter had fallen sick and had been admitted at Bijoygarh Hospital. As we were preparing to go there, he again called up and told me that Payel has expired. She was tortured and that ultimately resulted in her death," the deceased's mother Balaka Chakraborty alleged. Payel had told her mother that she would come on the occasion of Jamai Sasthi, which is scheduled in a week's time and had told her to purchase a dress for her husband. The police have detained Payel's husband on the basis of the complaint, but her brother-in-law Mridul Roy is absconding.

Payel was married to Mriganka Roy in January 2017, after contact was established through a matrimonial site. After they were introduced through the site, they had met each other on more than one occasion and both had consented to the marriage. The deceased's husband is a teacher at an English medium school in New Town.

"We are investigating the matter on the basis of a complaint lodged by the deceased's father. We are talking to some of the neighbours and other members of the deceased's in-laws for the sake of probe," a senior officer of Bansdroni police station said.