It was reported that De could not come to terms with his sister's death and therefore did not cremate her. According to some reports, De had meals in the company of his sister's skeletons who had died in November 2014. Besides his sister's skeletons, police also recovered the remains of two Labradors. De's sister, who was an English teacher in a reputed school, reportedly stopped eating and eventually died three months after losing the pets. De worked in an IT firm in Bengaluru but returned to Kolkata after his sister's death.

Source: India Today February 21, 2017 12:14 UTC