Soumitra Nandi
Kolkata: Following a complaint by the municipal councilor Tapan Dasgupta, officers from the Jadavpur police station on Sunday stumbled across a man who has been addicted to gather in his house trash collected from dustbins and garbage containers at Golfgreen in south Kolkata.
The incident came to light only a few days after the city woke up to the horror of a man living with his sister's corpse for months. The cops as they reached the house on Sunday afternoon were flabbergasted to find the house full of garbage, including rotten vegetables, broken dolls, tires and plastic bags.
As per statement of neighbours, 38-year-old Sandip Saha has been collecting such trash for the last several years. Saha lives in the two-room house with his mother. His queer collection ranges from dead dogs, cats and fish, to rotten vegetables and plastic bags.
“Living here has become unbearable due to the stench," complained a neighbour.
"We have been trying to reason with them for a long time, saying Sandip needs medical attention, but they never listen to us. On the contrary, they argue and often quarrel with us," a neighbour said.
Sandip's mother Anita admitted that her son needed medical attention. The police party could not find Saha at home and were now trying to trace him.
Sick of the growing trash in the house, Sandip's father Nihar Ranjan now lives separately.
“The municipal corporation had been asked to clear Saha's house of the collected garbage as it posed a serious health hazard,” said Santosh Pandey, Deputy Commissioner (South Suburban division)
"In the wake of the Robinson Street incident, we are all very apprehensive about this incident. So I had to seek police intervention. It is an effort to ensure that the man is provided medical attention that he sorely needs," said municipal councilor Dasgupta.