Pregnant woman 'commits suicide' in Kolkata

A pregnant woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her in-law's house in Kolkata's Maniktala locality, police said on Friday.

"The body of Arpita Chatterjee, married to Maniktala resident Sankhadeep Chatterjee for seven months, was found hanging from the ceiling in her in-laws house on Thursday night. The woman's in-laws, including her husband claimed she committed suicide," an officer from Burtolla police station said.

Police said Chatterjee, a nurse by profession, was five months pregnant.

The parents of the deceased, however, claimed that their daughter might have been murdered as her husband gave disoriented responses about Chatterjee's whereabouts when he was called on Thursday night.

They also said that the relationship between Chatterjee and her in-laws was not very cordial and alleged that they were informed a long time after their daughter's alleged act of suicide.

"We could not reach Arpita over phone last night. When we called her husband, he started giving disoriented answer about where she is. Also, they did not inform us immediately after the incident and called up the police station instead. That's why we suspect this to be a murder," a family member of the deceased claimed.

Police said the real reason of death can only be ascertained after receiving the autopsy report.

"There has been no official complaint from the deceased's family. No one has been detained in the incident so far," a police officer said.

--IANS

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