12 Kolkata: The decomposed body of a 41-year-old woman, Sreyoshi Ghosh, was found at her home in Bijoygarh on Friday morning.
Police said the woman was a mental health patient and lived alone in a ground-floor apartment on Bijoygarh Road, in the Golf Green police station area. She had a sister, who lives in Canada.
On Friday morning, a stench from her apartment prompted neighbours to alert the police. Upon breaking the door open, police found the woman's body lying on the floor in a decomposed state. Plastic bottles and trash were scattered around the room. Neighbours said the woman would collect garbage from outside and store it in her home.
Police suspect she died two days earlier. The body has been sent for autopsy to determine the cause and exact time of death.