North 24 Parganas: Man detained after woman's mysterious death

A woman named Riya Debnath was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her in-laws' residence in the Barasat police station area of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Her husband, Prosenjit Basu, has been taken into custody by police for questioning.

The victim's family alleges that the husband had been physically abusing her due to alcohol consumption. They further claimed that the couple had been experiencing tension after the wife discovered that the husband had been married twice before. The woman's mother reported finding her daughter deceased in her bed on Tuesday night.

Authorities have sent the body for a post-mortem examination to determine whether the death was a suicide or a homicide. Investigators are currently awaiting the official medical report to establish the exact cause of death.