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JALPAIGURI: A 41-year-old private sales executive was found dead by police in his Siliguri home, hours after he put a noose around his neck on Facebook Live. Police broke open Arindam Dutta’s door at 2 am on Sunday to find him hanging.

During the Facebook Live session, he was watching the Argentina-France match.

His friends claimed Dutta was battling cancer and was suffering from depression. He used to run a cyber cafe in Jalpaiguri, but a family discord prompted him to leave home and start a new job in Siliguri. He often used to tell his friends of his love for the Argentina football team.

Around 9.58pm on Saturday, Dutta went on Facebook Live with the match in the backdrop. He suddenly displayed a noose and tried to put it around his neck. Those in the chat urged him not to make such jokes, some even tried calling him. He didn’t receive any calls and logged off the chat.

A friend of his informed the Siliguri police. No suicide note was found. The body has been sent for postmortem. The phone being used to log on to Facebook will be sent for forensic tests.

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