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Mystery shrouds bartender's death in Kolkata

KOLKATA: A 48-year-old man working as a bartender, who occasionally joined crooners to sing a few lines at a popular central Kolkata bar, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday late evening.


The chain of events began from a Bowbazar bar and ended when his colleagues carried him unconscious in a taxi to his residence at Baranagar.

The post-mortem report stated that the man, Debasish Das, choked to death, probably due to an obstruction in the food pipe.

Cops said the victim was not suffering from any major disease.

His family has lodged a complaint with Baranagar police station, which has forwarded it to Bowbazar police station. Das was taken to Medical College and while being shifted on a stretcher, he expired.

According to police, Das had been working in the bar for a decade before he quit the job. However, he returned there two years ago.

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