Decomposed Man Found in Abandoned Red Audi in Kasba

Overview

• Local residents first reported a persistent foul smell near a makeshift roadside garage off Rajdanga Main Road, prompting police to inspect the vehicle after complaints.
• Officers opened the long-abandoned red Audi and found a severely decomposed, unidentified man seated on a front seat with the windows tightly rolled up and the doors unlocked.
• The car lacked a registration plate and its owner, identified as Shankar Sinha, says he bought and abandoned the vehicle years ago after mechanical failure and never registered it.
• Forensic teams collected biological samples at the scene while Kolkata Police’s Detective and Homicide branches began reviewing nearby CCTV to trace the vehicle’s provenance and recent movements.
• Investigators are awaiting the post-mortem to confirm cause and approximate time of death and to determine whether the man died inside the car or his body was placed there after death.