India: Three women found dead with wrists slit in Kolkata house

Kolkata: The bodies of three members of a family with their wrists slit were found under mysterious circumstances at their residence in the Tangra area of eastern Kolkata on Wednesday.

The deceased included two women and a girl in her teens. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, officials said.

Local police have started an investigation. They questioned the neighbours on whether they noticed any unnatural behaviour on the part of the deceased individuals during the last couple of days.

The police recovered the bodies in the morning after they reached the residence in connection with an investigation of a road accident.

It is learnt that the husband of one of the two deceased women met with an accident near Ruby Crossing on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass early Wednesday morning. From the identity cards of the husband, the cops attached to the traffic department of the city police came to know of the address at Tangra.

Accordingly, the cops reached the residence at Tangra soon after the accident without being aware that a bigger shock was waiting for them there. On entering the house they found the bodies of the three women with their wrists slit.

Considering the sensitivity of the matter, a team of police from the homicide department of the city police reached the spot. The joint commissioner (crime) also reached the spot soon.

More details are awaited.