Man's Body Recovered from Locked House in Guwahati After 5 Days of Search

GUWAHATI: A dead body of the 55 years old painter was found inside a mysterious locked room with severe injuries of cut in his stomach area, the man was missing for five days before his body recovered.

On Monday evening, 22 November, a body of a house painter was shockingly found under mysterious circumstances lying inside house no. 24 in the area of Laxmi Nagar in Hatigaon of Guwahati.

According to sources, the deceased person was later identified with the name Milan Chetry of 55 years old who was missing for five days from 18 November 2021.

The locals of the Laxmi Nagar area came across the dead body and immediately informed the police officials. After the recovery of the body, a case was registered in the Hatigaon Police Station and a detailed investigation has been taken forward by the police.

Police officials informed that on recovering the body from the spot, police found severe knife injuries and cuts in the abdomen of the 55 years old deceased body of Milan Chetry. They further informed that a dagger was also found from the dead spot inside the locked house.

As per sources, it is known that for many years the deceased man Milan Chetry has been working as a housekeeper and caretaker in the house of Md. Ataur Rahman residing in Hatigaon, Guwahati. Apart from his job as caretaker Milan also worked as a house-painter.

People in the Hatigaon area said to officials that most of the time Milan Chatry used to remain involved in the clashes among family members. He was living with his family members which includes an elderly mother-in-law, two sons and one daughter.

Guwahati police have a suspect over the death of Milan Chetry as they claim he was stabbed to death five days ago when he was found missing.

Earlier in September this year in one of the murder cases in Guwahati, the body of 14-year-old girl Dimpal Kumapati was recovered from a pool of blood at a rented house in Uzanbazar, Guwahati. Guwahati Police later arrested the accused Abhishek Gupta and put him under judicial custody.

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