Weeks After Tangra Incident, Three Found Dead in Kasba Residence

PTI, Kolkata, March 4, 2025 :  Three members of a family, including a child, were found dead in their residence in Kolkata's Kasba area on Tuesday, police said. The deceased were identified as Somnath Roy (40), his wife Sumitra (35), and their two-and-a-half-year-old son Rudranil, a senior officer confirmed.

A note allegedly written by Roy was recovered from the house, but its content has not yet been disclosed, the officer added. Roy and his wife were found hanging, while the body of their minor son was found tied to his father. Somnath, an auto-rickshaw driver, lived with his family in a house in the Haltu Purba Palli area, police said.

Upon being informed by locals, a team from Kasba Police Station reached the spot and recovered the bodies, which were sent for post-mortem examinations.

"Preliminary investigation suggests that it is a case of suicide, possibly driven by financial distress. However, we are not ruling out other possibilities. We are speaking to the deceased's family members and neighbors. The investigation is underway," the officer stated.

A relative of the family claimed that Roy had been involved in a property dispute. Investigators are looking into whether the dispute could be linked to the deaths, the officer added.

The incident comes weeks after three members of a family in Kolkata's Tangra area were found dead in their residence on February 19.