Lagatar24 Desk
Kolkata, May 30: Another model was found dead in her home, the fourth such event in the city in the last two weeks involving a member of the entertainment business, police said on Monday.
Saraswati Das,18-year-old who was also a make-up artist, was found hanged in her room at her Bediadanga home in the Kasba district on Sunday, according to police.
Saraswati had allegedly hung herself in her room on Saturday night using a dupatta, according to an initial investigation. Saraswati had modelled for small companies and had got a number of offers, according to a senior police official.
“It seems that it’s a case of suicide, but we need to look into other angles too. Saraswati’s grandmother first found her hanging and used the vegetable cutter to cut the rope and bring her down. She rushed the girl to a nearby hospital, which informed us. We are waiting for the post mortem report,” he said.
The police are also investigating whether Saraswati had any ties to the three other girls who died in suspected suicides: models Manjusha Neogi, Bidisha De Majumdar, and television actor Pallabi Dey.
Saraswati’s father abandoned the family when she was a child, and she was raised by her mother and aunt, both of whom worked as helping hands, according to him.
Manjusha (26), a model, was discovered hanged in her room last Friday. Manjusha’s mother said the suspected suicide of her friend and colleague Bidisha De Majumdar on Wednesday had upset her. On May 15, Pallabi Dey was discovered dead in her room in the apartment she had rented in Garfa.
