26-year-old MBA's head severed after bike crash on Kolkata's Zeerut Bridge

KOLKATA: A 26-year-old MBA graduate, who had started working at an IT firm just two weeks ago, died a dreadful death on Monday night after his head got severed from the torso when he crashed into the railings of Zeerut Bridge while riding a bike with a friend on their way to a Saraswati idol immersion.
According to witnesses, Samrat Chakraborty, who was driving his friend's bike without wearing a helmet, lost control of the bike when a truck suddenly grazed past them with a sudden honk and he rammed straight into the iron railings on the bridge opposite Taj Bengal Hotel around 11.45pm.
"We were riding at a moderate speed when the truck suddenly honked past us and Samrat lost control of the bike. The bike rammed straight into the railings. I fell on the road and as I stood up after a while, I found Samrat's torso hanging from the railing like a shirt hangs on a hook. The sight was so gory that I lost my sense immediately," said Amit Mondal, who was riding pillion with Samrat.
Samrat was part of a 30-member group who had left the Chetla Hat Road neighbourhood on a matador and multiple bikes to take part in an immersion procession at Gwalior Ghat. "He was a very safe biker. But on Monday, he was not driving his own bike but the one owned by Amit. It is possible that he was not comfortable driving Amit;s bike. He was the only son of his parents and the sole earning member of the family," said Sanjay Chakraborty, Samrat's childhood friend who was on the matador.
The sight of Samrat's torso hanging from the railing left several of his friends and other motorists sick. "Three of our friends lost sense while attempting to retreive his body. We called the cops but they arrived very late and it took five policemen to drag his body out of the railing. Even while he was being taken to the hospital, most of us could not accompany him, such was the gory sight," said another friend while standing outside the SSKM morgue on Tuesday.
TOI on Tuesday visited Chetla Hat Road and found Samrat's mother crying inconsolably just outside their house while his father was bedridden inside. "He had joined a new job just two weeks ago and was extremely excited about his new profile. I still cannot believe he died such a painful death," Samrat's mother said.
Samrat had completed his MBA from Dinabandhu Andrews Institute of Technology & Management in Patuli and had started working as a management information system executive at a private IT firm in Bhowanipore. "Since his father had fallen sick, he was the sole bread earner of the family. The accident has destroyed the entire family," said a neighbour.