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Family keeps youth’s body at home for 72 hrs

Kolkata: Cops recovered body of a youth, identified as Priyankar Roy, a trader, from from his

Garia

home in south suburban Kolkata, under mysterious circumstances. The family, including parents Kunal and Madhumita and his sister Debolina, had kept the body of the 35-year-old believing he would return to life.

The cops said the incident was reported from a rented house located on

Ashok Row

under Patuli police station area on Friday evening. The The incident came to light after locals reported an intense foul small from the house. “Priyankar appears to have died at least 72 hours ago. The body was in an advanced stage of decomposition,” said an investigating officer.

Enquiry revealed that Priyankar had fallen ill but the family had not called a doctor or informed neighbours.

Since the pandemic, the family had remained confined indoors and hardly stepped out. “We are arranging for proper rehabilitation of the rest of the family members," said DC (south suburban)

Rashid Munir Khan

.

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