Man who lived with skeletons found dead

KOLKATA: Partha De, who lived in Kolkata’s infamous House of Horror for six months with the skeletons of his elder sister and two pet dogs before he hit headlines in June 2015, was found dead under ‘mysterious conditions’ in a flat on Tuesday.

Preliminary investigations and circumstantial evidence have led police officers to suspect that 46-year-old De, a software engineer, tried to commit suicide but might have died of a heart attack and not burn injuries.

“De’s charred body was recovered from the toilet of a flat where he had been living for the past few months in Watgunge area (in west Kolkata). A bottle half filled with petrol and some match sticks were found scattered on the floor. Only an autopsy report can reveal how he died,” said Sudip Sarkar, deputy commissioner, port, Kolkata police.