Woman dies of burn injuries, police suspect suicide

Kolkata: A woman died after she got burnt mysteriously on Wednesday morning in Behala. Locals claimed that fire somehow occurred at her residence whereas police claimed that it is a case of suspected suicide.

According to locals, on Wednesday morning at around 11:25 am, some residents of Bhupen Roy Road in Behala heard cries coming from a single-storeyed house.

When some of the neighbours rushed there, they saw smoke coming out of the house and a woman trying hard to get out.

Local residents started spraying water and informed the fire brigade and police.

Two fire tenders reached the spot within few minutes but till then, the flames had almost been doused.

Later, one fire tender sprayed water and doused the flames completely by 11:50 am. Police and fire brigade personnel rescued the woman from inside the house who was later identified as Chandana Das (35). She was declared brought dead by the doctors at Vidyasagar State General Hospital in Behala.

Locals suspect that the fire occurred due to a short circuit but police claim that Das committed suicide by setting herself on fire after pouring kerosene. She used to live there with her mother and sister.

Though police claimed the incident as a suspected suicide, none of the locals could estimate why she had done this.

Though no complaint has been received till Wednesday night, sleuths are probing the matter on the basis of an Unnatural Death (UD) case lodged at Behala police station.