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“Singh’s death had shaken Dr Choudhury a lot. We cannot say if it had prompted him to take his own life, but looking at the way he committed suicide today, we cannot rule out the fact that the incident was lurking in his subconscious,” said Ashish Acharya, his colleague, who is also a psychiatrist.
“But the act does not look pre-planned,” Acharya added, “it could have been an impulsive decision”.
On Wednesday, Choudhury was on night duty. After he reached the hospital, he even rang up his wife. But that was the last anyone heard from him. Around 7.30 am, his wife called him and found his mobile switched off. An alert was sounded after the ward master found the door of the duty room locked from inside.
“His wife was called and the door of the duty room was broken around 9.30 am,” said Arunendu Biswas, Superintendent of the hospital.
Dr Choudhury is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. He had been working at the Pavlov Hospital for the last three years.
Earlier, he had worked at different hospitals in South 24 Parganas, Writers’ Buildings and in the Midnapore district.
Of late, his colleagues found him depressed. “Apart from that, there was not much difference in his behaviour, at least apparently. He was efficient and carried out his duties in a usual manner. His colleagues had advised him to consult psychiatrists at the NRS Medical College. But we don’t know if he was under any medication or not,” said an official in Pavlov’s administrative department.
Others said the doctor was a victim of “stress” since the hospital is facing a severe staff crunch.
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