KOLKATA: A 28-year-old veterinary compounder died late on Monday night — almost 24 hours after he fell from the terrace of his friend’s house, a two-storey building — at Senhati in Behala on Sunday around 11 pm. The victim — Kushal Chakraborty, a resident of Pashupati Bhattacharjee Road in Behala’s Chanditala — was rushed to Vidyasagar Hospital by his friend’s family and later shifted to NRS Hospital, where he died at 11.55pm on Monday.
The Behala police has arrested Kushal’s friend — Debanjan Sen alias Bitan (29) — after the victim’s brother Kunal lodged an FIR and claimed the duo had a severe argument after consuming liquor. Cops have charged Debanjan under IPC Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). “If the post-mortem indicates that the victim was pushed from the terrace, we will review the IPC sections and slap murder charges,” said an investigating officer.
