KOLKATA: A 40-year-old woman, whose 71-year-old mother died under mysterious circumstances at their residence on Seal Lane in Tangra, kept the septuagenarian’s body at home for over 72 hours even as neighbours kept enquiring why there was a foul smell coming from the house.
The cops said they were informed of the incident around 8pm on Saturday, after which they rushed to the residence. The police said both the mother and daughter, who herself looked severely ill and was likely suffering from mental disability, were taken to the hospital, where doctors declared the senior citizen, Krishna Das, brought dead.
After returning to her residence, her daughter Soma has so far refused to meet any of her relatives. The incident has left local residents in shock, since they tried to help the family earlier this month.
The incident came to light after foul smell began coming from the house on Saturday afternoon. Police received information from the locals about the smell and an elderly woman was found in an unconscious state in her house.
“When we entered the house, we found the elderly woman unconscious and smell coming from the body. An unnatural death case has been initiated. It seems the woman had died several hours earlier. We are ascertaining the exact time of death after conducting the post-mortem as rigor mortis had set in,” said DC (ESD) Priyabrata Roy.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/body-lies-at-home-for-over-72-hours/articleshow/83903335.cms
