The police filed the charge sheet in the City Civil Court under IPC Sections 176 (omission to give notice to public servant by person legally bound to give it), 202 (intentional omission to give information of offence), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and others, a senior police officer said.
Partho, who was not arrested, had been treated at a state-run mental hospital and was then taken to the Mother House, headquarter of the Missionaries of Charity set up by Mother Teresa, on his request.
Before filing charge sheet, the police talked to over 20 people, including guards of the De residence, the doctors who examined the corpse of Arabindo De and skeletons of Debjani (50) and the two dogs, the officer said.
During interrogation Partho had told the police that Debjani had got depressed after the death of the dogs last year, stopped eating and eventually died.
Partho had quit his job in a top IT firm in 2007 and stopped working since then. He stayed with his father and sister in their three-bedroom apartment.
Debjani, a spinster, was a music teacher in two reputed city schools.
During their search, the police had found a diary of Arabindo De, who had been a top officer in a Bangalore-based multinational company. His wife had died a few years back.
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