According to a senior officer of the Kolkata Police, Dey (45) probably committed suicide and his body was found inside the bathroom of a flat on Watgunge Street where he was living for the past few months.
A bottle of petrol and a match box was recovered beside Dey's body.
"When we reached the flat after receiving a complaint from neighbours this noon we found Dey's half burnt body lying inside the bathroom. He was dead. Probably he used the petrol to commit suicide... But it's still not confirmed. We are waiting for the post mortem report," the officer told PTI.
That police had stumbled on the skeletons of Dey's elder sister and two dogs on June 10, 2015 night while investigating the death of Dey's father Arabinda De.
Arabinda's body was also recovered from the bathroom of his residence in Shakespeare Sarani's Robinson Street after getting a call about a fire.
Dey was found living with the skeleton of his unmarried elder sister Debjani De for about six months after her death due to fasting. The carcasses of their two pet dogs were also found in Dey's room.
He was released from the Home after they found him "fit".
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