Kolkata: The bodies ofa 72-year-old retired bank official, Tapan Kumar Chatterjee, and his 22-year-old adopted son, Mohammed Hossain alias Surya, were found in separate rooms at their third-floor flat at Nagerbazar Sethbagan in Dum Dum on Friday afternoon.Police found the gas cylinder switched on, with gas leaking out, and injury marks on the elderly man’s face and behind his ear, suspected to be caused by a sharp weapon. They are investigating if Surya killed his father before dying by suicide. Chatterjee’s wife, Srimiti, died nearly six months ago.“The bodies of a septuagenarian and his adopted son were found in a locked flat at a Nagerbazar apartment in Dum Dum around 3.30 pm on Friday. While some injuries were found on the elderly man’s face, the exact causes of their deaths remain unclear. Police are investigating both murder and suicide angles,” a senior Barrackpore Commissionerate officer said.A neighbour, Shakuntala Sengupta, said the two rarely interacted with others. “We had heard that the son was an alcohol addict and he often had quarrels with his father over this. But they never discussed their family problems with us,” she said.Police suspect Surya, while drunk, could have attacked his father before dying by suicide. Police have sent the bodies for post-mortem examination and are probing if the gas leak was linked to the deaths.
