Retired IPS officer found dead in West Bengal

Retired IPS officer Gaurab Chandra Dutta was found dead in mysterious circumstances at his flat in Salt Lake area on Tuesday evening, the police said.  According to the police, Dutta was found lying in a pool of blood and a note was recovered near his body. Dutta, who had solved several important cases during his tenure, had retired last year. He used to live alone in his house, police said.

"We have started an investigation into the case," an official of the Bidhannagar police commissionerate said.