Kolkata: The 84-year-old eye surgeon from GC Block who killed his wife and tried to attempt suicide on Wednesday might be suffering from a severe mental ailmet and was even undergoing treatment for it for the past 20-odd months. Jadunath Mitra is still admitted to a private hospital and remains critical.
Cops said they have gone through the two purported suicide notes — one in English and another in Bengali — and have spoken to the couple’s younger daughter and son-in-law to try to ascertain the motive behind Jadunath’s actions.According to cops, Jadunath used to be tense about the future — an ‘anticipatory fear’ or even a form of schizophrenia — that led to his family seeking medical help.
Bidhannagar CP Gaurav Sharma said they were “trying to verify this possibility medically” but warned that it was still too early to draw inferences.
Cops said they will contact the doctor who was treating Jadunath. “Family members said he often claimed he might face legal action or get arrested as the car he had sold could be used to commit a crime. He feared he might fail to pay IT returns on time. This sense of insecurity was unnerving for those around him. Whether this was enough to convince him to kill his wife, though, is still under investigation,” a source said.
Cops have also approached Jadunath’s bank to get an idea of his recent financial transactions and whether he had faced any reverses recently.