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Kolkata corpse case: Police interrogate Partha in presence of nuns
Kolkata, June 17
Two nuns of the Mother
Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity as well as police on Wednesday
interacted with Partha De, who lived with the corpses of his sister
Debjani and two dogs for months, and is now under treatment in a mental
hospital.
The nuns came down to the Calcutta Pavlov Hospital
following a request from the medical facility after Partha repeatedly
pleaded that he be allowed to meet them.
After the nuns spoke to
Partha, five Kolkata Police officers interrogated him by placing before
him a set of questions in the presence of the sisters.
"Asked why
the skeletons of the two pet dogs had not been disposed of, he said the
dogs were like children to his elder sister Debjani and so the
skeletons were kept in the room," a senior police officer said.
Partha said he realised on December 29 that Debjani had died after fasting for a few months.
He said he was staying with her corpse since then, as he could not even dream of living without her, according to the officer.
Partha
also told police that in March, his father Arabinda De discovered
Debjani's corpse and asked him to cremate it. However, Partha refused.
He
also refused to accept the body of his father, who had committed
suicide by setting himself afire last week. He also did not want to give
the corpse to his uncle.
Police on June 10 stumbled upon the
maggot-infested skeletons of Debjani and two dogs while investigating
the death of her father Arabinda, the owner of the house whose burnt
body was found inside a bathroom.
Police have so far not pressed any formal charges against Partha.