India: Bengali actor Saibal Bhattacharya attempts suicide, admitted to hospital, police say

Kolkata: Bengali actor Saibal Bhattacharya tried to end his life on Monday night at his residence at Kasba in West Bengal, the police have said.

According to the police, Mr Bhattacharya injured himself in an inebriated condition. He was immediately rushed to the Chittaranjan Hospital.

Before attempting suicide, the actor reportedly took shared a video on Facebook - which has since been deleted - where he allegedly blamed his wife and in-laws for his condition.

"I was forced to take it in my own hands. For this my wife, mother-in-law and...," he had reportedly said in the video.

News of Mr Bhattacharya's attempted suicide comes months after Bengali actors Pallavi Dey and Bidisha De Majumdar, and model-actor Manjusha Niyogi allegedly died by suicide