The woman was weak as she could have been starving...
A decomposed body of a 54-year-old man was found from his house in Agartala on Sunday, Tripura police said.
The deceased person’s mother was also living with him who was found beside her son’s body in a semi-conscious state, police said.
The deceased, identified as Sudip Sur Choudhury used to stay with his mother Kalyani Sur Choudhury.
Police said that on Sunday the relatives of the man had come to meet them after they failed to elicit a response over phone for the last week or so.
The relatives suspected something was off after there was foul smell emanating from inside the house after which they informed police.
They found a decomposed body lying on the floor and the woman on the bed besides the body.
According to police, they found that the woman was weak as she could have been starving.
“The cause of death of the man is yet to be known. His mother was shifted to GBP hospital. An unnatural death case was registered in the police station”, said a senior police official.
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