Man who lost job during lockdown found dead in Kolkata's Behala

KOLKATA: The mysterious death of a 39-year-old man at his Behala residence has led locals to allege that he had committed suicide after being unable to find meaningful employment for himself. They claimed he had tried to slit his wrist.
The police, however, said he carried no external marks of injury and that some blood stains around him was due to a fall. The victim has been identified as Gautam Chakraborty (39).
Chakraborty lost his previous job during lockdown and started working as a security guard.
The incident was reported from the 11 Pally area in Behala on Sunday afternoon. The police said they were investigating the circumstances of death and waiting for the post-mortem report. “We are investigating into the incident,” said an officer.
According to DC (southwest) Nilanjan Biswas, the police received a call at 12.30pm that Chakraborty was not answering to calls from his neighbours at Satyen Roy Road.
When cops reached his home, they found him unconscious and shifted him to Vidyasagar State General Hospital. He was declared dead. Locals said Gautam had no parents. A few days ago, his elder brother also passed away.
“During the lockdown, he could hardly make ends meet. The local club tried to support him. On Saturday night, a few neighbours heard him groaning but then it had stopped. It was then that they had decided to check on him,” said a neighbour.