Woman executive jumps off terrace in Kolkata

KOLKATA: A senior executive of a private telecom major jumped to her death from the terrace of a four-storey building in north Kolkata on Tuesday morning.
She was identified as Nandini Sen, a senior manager with a private telecom major. Around 10.10pm, local residents heard a thud and rushed to find a woman in her mid-30s lying on the busy Northern Avenue, police said.
Sen, 37, was posted in Pune. She had come to the city about three weeks ago for treatment and was staying with her aunt, say police. Her aunt told police that Sen was unmarried and had been ailing of late. She, however, would not say what she was suffering from.
Initial probe revealed that the woman was depressed due to some personal reasons. Sen was attending counselling sessions in Kolkata. "We are trying to find the cause behind her suicide," said an investigator, ruling out any foul play in her death.
In another incident, Jyoti Agarwal, 30, hanged herself in her Alipore residence. Around noon, her mother-in-law first noticed her room locked from inside. They broke in to find her dead. Jyoti was married for 12 years and has a nine-year-old daughter. and when after repeated knocking she did not open the door, mother-in-law informed Jyoti's mother and brother, whoat their Tarachand Dutta street resident. They came and found her hanging. In 2000 Jyoti got married and she has a nine year old girl. Till evening neither from Jyoti's family did not lodge any complaint against her husband and in-laws, said police.