Man who lived with sister’s skeleton for 6 months found dead in Kolkata

Mangalore Today News Network

Kolkata, Feb 21, 2017:  A man who was found in a Kolkata home living with the skeletons and remains of his older sister and two dogs, was found dead today. The burnt body of Partha De, 45, was found in the bathroom of the apartment where he had been living for the past few months.

Partha De apparently committed suicide. A bottle of petrol and a matchbox were lying next to his body. He had been staying alone in the flat since his release two months ago from a home where he had been admitted.

In June 2015, it was Partha De’s father Arabinda who was found in a similar state from their home in Robinson Street.

When the police, on receiving a fire call, arrived at the place to investigate, what they found was so spine-chilling that the address came to be known as Kolkata’s House of Horrors.

Arabinda De’s charred body was found in the bathroom of the house. The police then found his son Partha along with a fully-dressed skeleton. It would emerge, bit by bit, that Partha had been living with the skeleton of his older sister Debjani De for six months.

Partha told the police that his 50-year-old sister had starved herself to death, grieving over the death of their two dogs.

The remains of the dogs were also found in Partha’s room.

The police learnt that Arabinda De had not known for months that his daughter was dead and her corpse was in his home.

He was treated at the Pavlov Hospital for the mentally ill and released two months ago.