Kolkata: A 24-year-old struggling model committed suicide in her Jadavpur residence of West Bengal on Monday, a cop said.
The deceased has been identified as Bithi Mandal who hailed from Jaynagar area of South 24 Parganas district. The body of the model was found hanging from a ceiling fan of her house.
According to the officials, she had rented a flat in Jadavpur and was staying alone for quite a long time.
"She did various modelling assignments. After the coronavirus hit India, she wasn't getting no work and therefore she got herself into an institute to become an air hostess. However, amid coronavirus crisis everything came to a halt and she was left depressed," a police added.
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According to the sources, the owner of her house called Jadavpur police station after she wasn't found coming out of her house for a few days.
"There were no injuries on her body, the body has been sent for autopsy," a cop said.
