Paediatric surgeon falls to death outside Thai friend's apartment in Kolkata

He fell off the fifth floor of the building, where his Thai girlfriend was residing in rented accommodation. The place of occurrence comes under Pragati Maidan Police Station under the East Division of Kolkata Police.

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The body of the deceased had been sent for post-mortem examination.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that the doctor, who residing in Salt Lake along with his wife and children, came to the residence of his Thai girlfriend, where both consumed alcohol.

Later when he wanted to leave for home, he saw the main gate of the apartment closed. Instead of asking the caretaker or the building guard to open it, he tried to climb down on the water pipe from the apartment on the fifth floor but lost his balance, fell to the ground floor, and died on the spot.

Police have started investigating the matter. They detained the Thai girlfriend and questioned her. The Thai consulate has also been informed by the cops.

It is learnt that the doctor met his Thai girlfriend through social media. Recently she came to Kolkata and started staying at a rented accommodation. Local people have informed the police that the doctor used to frequently visit her.

As per a media report in TOI, according to a Thai woman, the doctor had received multiple calls from his home after midnight following which he left. But he fell, the woman also said he had consumed alcohol. This might have contributed to the accident, said Joint CP (crime) Shankar Subhra Chakraborty. 

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