Kolkata, Oct. 16 -- In a mysterious circumstance, a woman was found dead inside a locked room at her residence on Thursday at Pratappur in Chinsurah of Hooghly district.
According to sources, neighbors alerted the police after noticing unusual silence and a foul smell emanating from the locked house. Upon breaking open the door, police officers discovered the victim's body lying on the floor in a pool of blood, indicating a violent struggle. It has been learnt that the woman, identified as Sananda Barik, lived at the said rented house with her husband Mohan Barik and their two children.
Investigators have turned their focus toward the victim's husband, a native of Balusahi in Odisha as he is missing since the discovery, and his mobile phone remains switched off.
It has been learnt that Sananda and Mohan had married approximately 13 years ago against her family's initial wishes. Her father, a retired Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) employee, had eventually accepted the union.
The Chinsurah police have recovered the body and sent it for a post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause and timing of death. An unnatural death case has been registered.
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