Kolkata horror revisited: Another Dey family member found dead

Partha Dey, who made headlines in 2015 after police stumbled upon the 'house of horror' here in which he was living with the skeleton of his elder sister and carcasses of two pet dogs, was today found charred to death.

45-year-old Dey was released from a home for the mentally ill a couple of months back and was staying alone at a flat here since then.

Dey probably committed suicide and his body was found inside the bathroom of the flat on Watgunge Street where he had been living for the past few months, according to a senior officer of Koklata Police.

A bottle of petrol and a match box were recovered besides Dey's body.

"When we reached the flat after receiving a complaint from neighbours this noon we found Dey's half burnt body lying inside the bathroom. He was dead. Probably he used the petrol to commit suicide... But it's still not confirmed. We are waiting for the postmortem report," the officer told

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