In a heartrending incident a decomposed body of a person was recovered at his house in the thickly populated Shivnagar area of Agartala, whereas his elderly and sick mother was lying in the bed in unconscious condition for the last six days without any food and water.

This incident came to limelight, when  one maternal aunty (Minakshi Sur Choudhury) of deceased Sudhir Sur Choudhury (54) went to their home located at Shiv Nagar College road extension on Sunday morning.  Minakshi Sur Choudhury sensing the bad odor of decomposed body, she raised her alarm and called neighbours and has also informed the matter to the police.

When, a police team from East Agartala police station led by OC Sanjit Sen rushed to the spot and they opened the doors of the house and decomposed body of Sudhir, where deceased Sudhir Sur Choudhury and his elderly bed ridden mother Kalyani Sur Choudhury (84) living in that house.

Giving details of the incident OC Sanjit Sen said seeing the condition of the house; they immediately called the forensic and dog squads. SDPO (Sadar) Dulal Datta has also rushed to the spot.

He said that apparently there was no foul play and they suspected that habitual drunker Sudhir Sur Choudhury somehow slipped near the staircase of the house in drunken condition about six days ago and died on the spot. By the time, no person or any of their relatives contacted them and when on Sunday morning, Minakshi Sur Choudhury went to their house; she sensed trouble inside the house.

Sen said that they collected all circumstantial evidence from the incident and sent the body to GB Hospital morgue for autopsy. Police have also recovered many foreign liquor bottles and empty glasses inside the bedroom of deceased Sur. ‘Apparently, Sur, a habitual drinker and frustrated man after his wife left him, died after he slipped from the staircase in intoxicated condition,’ said Sen and added that they have also shifted his ailing mother to GB Hospital, who is now in stable condition.

While, till the findings of autopsy and forensic report, they cannot find the actual reason of the death and have also started investigation to find out the actual reason of the death.

Meanwhile, after recovery of the decomposed body from thickly populated Shiv Nagar, panic gripped the area, many local people gathered to the spot and death of Sudhir Sur Choudhury has cast a shadow of deep grief and mourning in the locality.