Overview
- Relatives and neighbours alerted police on Friday after failing to contact the men and officers forced entry to the locked Dum Dum flat where two bodies were found in separate rooms.
- Investigators reported a strong smell of LPG on entering the apartment and an officer said the gas pipeline may have been left open while most windows were shut.
- Police said there were no major external injury marks on either body and both were sent to hospital for post-mortem examinations to determine the cause of death.
- Accounts differ on whether the flat was on the second or third floor, a minor reporting inconsistency that does not change the ongoing forensic and witness inquiries.
- Preliminary reporting notes the elder man had been unwell, his wife died earlier this year, and he had adopted the younger man about two decades ago; authorities say forensic results will be key to confirming whether gas exposure, a medical event or another cause explains the deaths.