Initial probe suggests something injected in dead doc's body
The Statesman|November 09, 2024
Mystery intensifies over the unnatural death of the doctor attached with Jhargram Medical College Hospital after preliminary post-mortem (PM) revealed that something had been injected into his body triggering multi-organ failure.
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Initial probe suggests something injected in dead doc's body

According to police sources, initial PM report found that something had been administered into his body through injection causing his death with multi-organ failure. The complete PM could also divulge the mystery of his death, sources felt. Police have also seized his mobile phone and found some significant WhatsApp messages he had shared with his wife and a group of medics before the incident.

The WhatsApp messages have intensified mystery over the unnatural death of the young doctor.

The body of Dr Dipro Bhattacharya, a resident anaesthetist of the teaching hospital, was recovered from one room of a lodge in Jhargram town on Thursday.

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