Bengali actor Payel Chakraborty found dead in Siliguri hotel, suicide suspected Bengali actor Payel Chakraborty cause of death still unknown; police awaiting post-mortem report

Payel Chakraborty had checked into the Siliguri hotel on Tuesday. (Photo: Facebook/@Payel Chakraborty)

SNS Web | New Delhi | September 6, 2018:Bengali actor Payel Chakraborty has reportedly committed suicide. The actor, a resident of Netaji Nagar in Kolkata, was found dead in a hotel room in Siliguri town of West Bengal on Wednesday evening.

The actor has worked in a number of television serials and movies.

The actor had checked into the hotel in Church Road area of Siliguri on Tuesday. The cause of her death is still unknown and the local police are investigating the matter. Meanwhile, her family members have reached Siliguri.

On Wednesday, panic gripped Navin Sen Road in the city after the Siliguri Metropolitan Police recovered a woman’s body that was found hanging in the hotel room. It could be known only later that the woman was a popular actor. A case of unnatural death has been registered.

The police said the exact cause of death could be ascertained only after the post-mortem.

The body was sent to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri for an autopsy. According to the police, she was 36 years old.

The hotel staff said Payel had checked in alone on Tuesday and had plans to visit Sikkim. On Wednesday morning, her room was closed for a long time, and she did not open the door though the staff knocked several times for cleaning.

According to family sources, Payel had got divorced recently. She is survived by her parents and a son. Media reports quoted her father Prabir Guha as saying that she was suffering from mental stress.

Payel had been seen in shows such as ‘Ek masher Sahitya Series’, ‘Chokher Tara Tui’ and ‘Goenda Ginni’.