The police has launched an investigation into the mysterious death of
28-year-old film actress Bitasta Saha, whose semi-decomposed body was
recovered from her south Kolkata apartment on Wednesday, February 8th.
Bitasta, who was a small-time actress in the Bengali entertainment
industry, was found hanging from the ceiling in her flat in the southern
part of Kolkata's Kasba area.
The incident came to light after she failed to reply to her mother's
repeated phone calls for almost two days. Bitasta, used to reside at the
apartment alone and her worried mom then visited the flat to check on
her. When Bitasta did not open the door despite several knocks, her
mother and neighbours informed police.
Police arrived, broke the door and found the actress's body hanging from
the ceiling. The actress was reportedly in a relationship with an
income tax officer, who according to the victim's family is said to be
married.
What has led the police to suspect foul play is the fact that one of
Bitasta's wrists was slit and there were several injury marks on her
body too. The police believe that a victim could not slash one's wrist
as well as hang oneself at the same time.
"Going by the preliminary signs it seems that she committed suicide.
However, we are waiting for the postmortem report. The body appeared to
be two-day-old and there was a bit of stench in the room," a police
officer said. Police claimed the actress was under severe stress for
quite sometime which could be a reason behind the incident.
"We have gone through her Facebook profile and posts, and found quite
depressing posts on her wall... In fact at one point she had also talked
about putting an end to her life...We are checking everything including
her call details," police said.
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