The body of a 52-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
Police said the body of Gautam Patra was found hanging from a tree outside his house in Ghormara-Hathkhola village on Thursday.
A senior police officer said, "From preliminary investigation it appears that the deceased is the same person who was "accused of doing unnatural physical activities with a cow in the village last week for which he was ridiculed publicly. A handwritten letter has also been recovered from his pocket."
The officer said that a hearing was also held in a kangaroo court on Wednesday in connection with the alleged act with the cow but no decision was taken. He said the body has been sent for post-mortem and further investigation is on.