Decomposed body of Bengali actress found; ‘lover’ is killer?

February 8, 2017

Kolkata, Feb 8: A semi-decomposed body of a small-time local actress of the Bengali entertainment industry was recovered on Tuesday from her flat in the southern part of the city's Kasba area, police said.

BitastaBitasta Saha's semi-decomposed body was found hanging from the ceiling of her flat in Kasba area, they said.

After repeated phone calls went unanswered for almost two days, her mother visited the flat today where she used to stay alone. When Bitasta did not open the door after several knocks, her mother and neighbours informed police. Police broke the door and found the actress's body hanging from the ceiling, a police officer said. It was learnt that one of Bitasta's wrist was slit and there were several injury marks on her body too.

"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," he 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.

However according to Bitasta Saha's mother, it is a case of murder and not suicide. According to her, Bitasta's lover committed the crime. A formal police complaint has been filed in this regard by Saha's family members. According to the family, Bitasta had relationship with a middle aged person called Saikat Mitra. He is a tax-man by profession. The family believes that Bitasta was either murdered or pushed to the edge by Saikat, and she committed suicide. Bitasta also allegedly left her family after getting into a relationship.

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June 30,2020

Visakhapatnam, Jun 30: Two people were killed and four others were taken ill after benzene gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company at Parawada near here early on Tuesday morning, official sources said.

The situation was now under control as the leak was restricted to one unit in the Sainor Life Sciences company, the sources said.

The two killed were senior employees of the company, they said.

The injured persons have been admitted to a hospital in Gajuwaka, with one of them being put on ventilator support, the sources added.

District Collector V Vinay Chand and Police Commissioner R K Meena visited the company to take stock of the situation.

The cause of the leak that took place in a reactor unit at the plant is yet to be established.

The incident comes nearly two months after 11 people were killed and over 1000 taken ill after gas leak at a chemical plant here.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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March 3,2020

Panipat, Mar 3: A 22-year-old man was charred to death after he came in contact with a live electricity wire while posing for a TikTok video near the Matlaudha railway station here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Monday evening when Vikas, a resident of Dharamgarh village, climbed a pole over which the wire was passing and posed for the video, police said.

His three friends were standing below when the accident took place.

Vikas came in contact with the wire carrying 25,000 volts current and was burnt, police said.

Police have sent the body for a post-mortem and started investigation into the matter.

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