Man sits by mother's corpse for three days in West Bengal's Hooghly

In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old man was found sitting next to his mother's body after locking the door of his house from inside for the last three days in Hindmotor of West Bengal's Hooghly district.

Hindmotor (West Bengal):In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old man was found sitting next to his mother's body after locking the door of his residence from the inside for the last three days in Hind Motor of West Bengal's Hooghly district. The incident came to light when the locals informed the police on Saturday after the foul smell started emanating from the flat where the mother and son were staying.

On receiving the information, police personnel belonging to Uttarpara Police Station rushed to the spot broke open the door of the flat and found the man sitting next to his mother's corpse. The deceased was identified as Kalyani Hazra (65), a retired bank employee, who died three days ago. She used to stay with his son Subhranil Hazra (35), who was suffering from a mental illness. Later, the police shifted the body to the mortuary for conducting the autopsy.

According to the police, neighbours and domestic help Geeta Das said that the door of the flat was locked for the past three days. Maidservant further stated that Subhranil did not allow her to enter the flat stating that his mother was sleeping as she consumed sleeping pills. After the domestic help told about Subhranil's peculiar behaviour, neighbours informed the police.

A relative of the deceased, Soma Hazra, said, "Suvranil was mentally ill and Kalyani Hazra was suffering from age-related health issues." Councillor Prabir Banik said neither Kalyani Hazra nor her son used to socialise with the people of the area. Even if there were relatives around, they did not keep any contact with them. The news of her illness was not known to them."