Kolkata, May 27 -- Popular Bengali film director Anik Dutta died on Wednesday afternoon after falling from the roof of a multi-storeyed apartment building in Kolkata's Gariahat area, police said.

Dutta, 66, is survived by his wife and daughter. His wife lives in one of the flats in the building.

"He was found lying in a pool of blood on the driveway and was declared dead on arrival at Manipal Hospital, Dhakuria. A suicide note was found on the roof of the Hindustan Park house. The handwriting is being examined," a police officer, requesting anonymity, said.

"The director's body will be handed over to his family after postmortem at SSKM Hospital," he added.

Dutta's family and friends told the media that he had been undergoing treatment...