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Police Register Murder Case After Kolkata Man Found Hanging

Police cite an autopsy finding of death by hanging, with questioning underway of the wife and her brother named in the FIR.

Overview

  • Sunny Singh, 34, was discovered hanging inside his rented Sarsuna home on Tuesday morning after neighbors helped his wife exit a locked bedroom.
  • His sister filed a complaint naming wife Punita Singh and her brother Rakesh Paswan, and an FIR was registered under Sections 103(1) for murder and 3(5) for common intention.
  • Police reported no external injuries beyond a ligature mark on the neck, and the post-mortem indicated death by hanging, with the examining surgeon signaling suicide.
  • The body was taken to Vidyasagar State General Hospital, where he was declared dead, and the autopsy was conducted at the Kantapukur police morgue.
  • Investigators note prior domestic disputes, including a December complaint by Punita and a quarrel the night before the death that allegedly saw her and her daughter turned out of the house.