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Three members of a family found hanging inside their flat in Kolkata

Three members of a family found hanging inside their flat in Kolkata

Kolkata, June 18 (UNI) An elderly couple and their specially abled son were found hanging in their flat in south Kolkata and the police suspect a suicide case as the family was having financial hurdles.
Head of the family Sarajit Bhattacharya (70) , his wife Gargi Bhattacharya (68) and their specially abled son Ayusman Bhattacharya (38) were found hanged on Tuesday night, police said.
While Sarajit was found hanging from the ceiling fan by a rope in a room, the other two were found in a similar state in another room. The police had to break open the flat at Rajdanga in Kasba, south Kolkata after the neighbours complained that they received no response to several knocks on the main door.

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