Stink led neighbours to discover 34-year-old dead in Kalkaji apartment
Stink led neighbours to discover 34-year-old dead in Kalkaji apartment
It had become unbearable for the residents living in J-1 Block of Kalkaji.u00a0 Reason: a stinking smell emanating
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| Foul odour: The police had to wear masks while investigating the apartment in Kalkaji Pics/Rajeev Tyagi |
from one of the apartments in their block.
Troubled for the past two days to figure out the source of the smell, the residents first thought it to be an animal lying dead somewhere in the locality. But on Sunday evening, it was found that it was not the animal, but their neighbour Samali Sarkar's dead body in the bathroom that was lying unnoticed.u00a0u00a0
"The smell had become unbearable for us to even breathe. Also, everyone was just clueless about the source of the smell. We were thinking it to be a dead animal, but we got suspicious when we traced it to our neighbour's apartment," said a resident.
"We knocked the door, but nobody replied. We then informed the police and they broke open the entrance door and discovered Samali's dead body lying in the bathroom. We had last seen her on Friday evening," added the resident.
According to the police, there were injury marks on the backside of Samali's head. The cooler and the lights were on and a washing machine stuffed with clothes and water was kept near the bathroom door. She was 34-year-old.
"It can be a case of accidental death, but we can only confirm after looking at the postmortem report," said a police officer.
Samali hailed from West Bengal and was working in a private firm in Okhla.u00a0 She was unmarried and was living alone in the rented apartment.
