Model found hanging in Kolkata; third incident in three months

A 21-year-old model was found hanging in her rented flat in Kolkata, the third such incident in the eastern metropolis in three months, police said on Sunday.

The woman, identified as Puja Sarkar, was a first year student in Gobardanga College in North 24 Parganas district and lived in a rented flat in Bansdroni area of south Kolkata.

As per the preliminary investigation, the woman along with a female friend had gone to a restaurant on Saturday evening. 

After they returned, Sarkar had received a phone call around midnight, following which she ran to her room and shut the door, a police officer said.

When her friend's repeated requests to open the door fell on deaf ears, she informed the police, who broke open the door to find Sarkar hanging from the ceiling of her room, he said, adding she was taken to a hospital where doctors declared her dead.

Her friend, who is being questioned, claimed that Sarkar's boyfriend had called her before her death but this can be confirmed only after a thorough investigation, he said.

The deceased's family claimed that her boyfriend lives in Gobardanga.

Two models had died by hanging in the third week of May.