Kolkata: A man lived with the corpse of his wife for three days in West Bengal's Nadia district before neighbours went to his house and found her decomposed body, police said on Friday.
The startling incident in Chakdah came to light on Thursday after the recovery of the body of the woman — Bharati Chanda — in her 50s and suffering from liver ailments.
Police said the condition of the body seemed to suggest she had died a few days back due to indisposition.
The neighbours said the last time they saw Chanda was on Monday. After not having seen her for three days, they became suspicious and questioned her husband, Bacchhu, on Thursday before going to his house.
Police said Bacchhu's mental condition was being reviewed.
Similar incidents have been earlier reported from the state capital.
Earlier this month, police had found the semi-decomposed body of an elderly man from a house at Behala in Kolkata's southern outskirts where his son was living with the corpse for five days.
In June 2015, a middle aged man — Partha Dey — was found living with the skeletons of his elder sister and two pet dogs for six months in south Kolkata's Robinson Street.
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