kolkata another address this time in the southwest corner of the city has had a happier turn of events in 2020 for the third time in two years residents had woken up to the stench of a decomposing body from a flat the woman was found living with her fathers corpse just as she had with that of her brother in february and mother who had passed away five months previously she was unable to deal with the backtoback deaths said ratnaboli ray a mental health activist she lived with her fathers body for about two days not knowing what to do cops were informed once the body started to smell they admitted her to a mental hospital she was discharged from there and is now under the care of an ngo ray addedshe said the womans recovery was possible because there was no judgement from any quarter this incident was not seen just as a psychiatric case but as a response to a critical situation she is doing well now and has picked up music she is trying to get back on her feet and be selfreliant economically she now has the key to the flat and is planning to go and clean itmaitrey now 41 says he is doing well except for the habit of chewing tobacco that he picked up at the calcutta pavlov hospital maitrey has to be given medicines regularly he needs doctor visits every three months said his cousin subhankar bhattacharya his house in salt lake was in terrible condition it has now been restored the ground floor where the spa has come up was rented out last year that money is required for his upkeepat two other similar houses theres no response ever after multiple knocks indrajeet mukherjee still lives in the same flat of karunamoyee housing estate where he was found staying with the decomposed body of his 65yearold mother for at least 48 hours fiftysomething subhabrata majumdar who reportedly mummified his mothers body and kept it at home in a commercial freezer for three years also lives in the same house on james long sarani neighbour amar kanti guha who knows the latter since his childhood however said majumdar keeps to himself and doesnt respond to queries anyone who peeps inside can see that the ground floor which once had that freezer is stark empty he adds