Kin deaths drive man to suicide

KOLKATA: Unable to bear the loss of his son, who died in a road accident, and of his wife and daughter, who committed suicide soon thereafter, retired West Bengal Public Service Commission officer Krishnadhan Ghosh (65) ended his life on Thursday in the same room where his wife and daughter had hung themselves in February.
His 26-year-old son, Bappaditya, a thalassaemia patient, succumbed to a road accident on February 16, exactly three months ago.
Unable to bear the grief, the boy’s traumatised mother and sister committed suicide the very next day. Two sons have survived – Ranjan, an interior decorator, and Achintya, who works in a private firm and lives at Baguiati and their sister Anita who is married.
Two years ago, they had lost their sister Moumita to thalassaemia.
“My father had shifted to our house in Baguiati. He used to give tuition to keep himself occupied. On Thursday, he went to Ghosh Lane at 9.30 am. He called me from there and reminded me that my mother and sister left us on this day and that I should bring four bouquets,� said a visibly shocked Ranjan.
His sister called up their Ghosh Lane residence later in the day. When there was no answer, she called up her brother and on reaching the spot, found her father hanging from the ceiling.
According to Bimal Dey of Amherst Street police station, Ghosh had left a suicide note for his children saying that he was finding it difficult to cope with the trauma and decided to end his life.
“The body has been sent for post mortem. He has also left a will and separate letters for his sons,� Dey said.