Kolkata: Police today recovered the body of a woman hanging from the ceiling of the room where she was staying along with her baby boy in the city’s Garden Reach area.
Acting on a call from the landlord of the premises where the deceased Munni (24) was staying with her three-year-old son, police of Garden Reach unit reached the place and found her hanging, an officer said.
When she was taken to the SSKM hospital, the woman was declared brought dead.
Her husband, a mason, was away from home for over a month and police suspect that to be a reason for her to slip into depression, the officer said.
The baby was present at the spot but is absolutely fine, he added.
“Going by the circumstantial evidences, it seems to be a case of suicide out of depression. However, we are waiting for the postmortem report which will be delivered tomorrow,” the officer said.
PTI