Kolkata, Aug 26
The police have recovered three bodies from different locations in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata in the last 24 hours.
The police said on Tuesday that a bar dancer was found unconscious in a hotel. When she was taken to the hospital, the doctor declared her dead. Police suspect drug overdose as the cause of the death.
The body has been sent for an autopsy. Police sources said the woman hailed from Ludhiana in Punjab and was working as a dancer in one of the bars in the EM bypass area. She had checked into the hotel with her partner on Monday, who took her to the hospital.
In the second incident, the body of a man in his fifties was found hanging from a tree at a picnic spot near the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. The body was found at a height of about 30 feet. The initial investigation by the police said it could be a case of suicide. The police were trying to identify the body and sent it for a post-mortem.
In another incident, the body of a woman was found in a house in the Nonadanga area in Anandapur. The police suspect that it may be a case of suicide.