Kolkata: Barely days after Kolkata woke up to the horror of a man living with his sisters corpse for months, another man has been found in the city addicted to stashing his house with trash collected from dustbins and garbage containers.
Following a complaint by municipal councillor Tapan Dasgupta, police on Sunday reached the mans house in South Kolkatas Golf Green and were shocked to find the place full of garbage, including rotten vegetables, broken dolls, tyres and plastic bags.
Neighbours say 38-year-old Sandip Saha has been collecting such trash for the last several years. Saha lives in the two-room house with his mother.
We have been trying to reason with them for a long time, saying Sandip needs medical attention, but they never listen to us. On the contrary, they argue and often quarrel with us, a neighbour said.
From dead dogs, cats and fish, to rotten vegetables and plastic bags, he has been collecting all kinds of trash for the last 10 years. Living here has become unbearable due to the stench, said another neighbour.
Sandips mother Anita admitted that her son needed medical attention. The police party could not find Saha at home and were now trying to trace him.
He has developed an addiction for collecting such things. He has been doing this for several years now. He needs to see a doctor but what can I do, asked Anita.
Sick of the growing trash in the house, Sandips father Nihar Ranjan now lives separately.
How can I live here? The entire house is full of garbage. I tried a lot to take him to a doctor, but his mother always prevented me. Both my son and wife need medical treatment, said Nihar Ranjan.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Division) Santosh Pandey told IANS that the municipal corporation had been asked to clear Sahas house of the collected garbage as it posed a serious health hazard.
With the city yet to come to grips with the 44-year-old Partha De who confessed to living with the corpses of his sister Debjani and two dogs, the fresh report of the garbage-collecting Saha created consternation.
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