Kolkata: Pratip Dey, the 14-year-old who, in a matter-of-fact manner, recounted on Thursday how his father and uncle killed his mother, aunt, and cousin and attempted to take his life, is displaying symptoms of complicated grief and is in a state of deep shock and denial, functionaries of the state child rights commission and a leading child psychiatrist told TOI.
“Pratip is in such shock over the upheaval that has happened in his family that he has not cried or displayed any external manifestation of mourning at the passing of his loved ones. From his own accounts, the Deys were a close-knit family. He was close to his mother, aunt, and cousin, all of whom he discovered were dead…
“Pratip is in such shock over the upheaval that has happened in his family that he has not cried or displayed any external manifestation of mourning at the passing of his loved ones. From his own accounts, the Deys were a close-knit family. He was close to his mother, aunt, and cousin, all of whom he discovered were dead…