Police broke open the door of the room in a house on B K Road and found Azhar Hossain alias Raja lying in a pool of blood with bullet injury on his head and a country-made pistol by his side, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.
"The incident happened late last night at around one AM. Locals heard a sound from the room and informed us. We had to break open the door of the room," the officer said adding the man was declared brought dead when taken to CMRI.