Ashis Banerjee, Former Bengal Dy Speaker, Found Hanging at TMC Office
Police recovered a purported suicide note as investigators await post-mortem results on the 74-year-old former assembly deputy speaker.
- Asish Banerjee, former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, was found hanging at a Trinamool Congress office in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, police said.
- Banerjee served as the 13th Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly from 2021 to 2026 and held ministerial roles under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee before his recent political setback.
- This year, Banerjee lost the Rampurhat seat to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dhruba Saha by around 24,000 votes; Election Commission data shows he received 87,687 votes to Saha's 1,11,920.
- Police recovered a purported suicide note from the party office located near the former legislator's residence in Rampurhat and sent his body for post-mortem examination.
- Born in Rampurhat, Banerjee earned a PhD from Burdwan University and worked as an associate professor at Rampurhat College before entering politics; neither Mamata nor the TMC has issued a statement regarding his death.
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Former Bengal deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee found hanging at TMC office
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Former Bengal Dy Speaker Asish Banerjee Found Dead in TMC Office
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Former Deputy Speaker and former MLA of Trinamool Congress Asish Banerjee was found dead in his party office, Birbhum District Police said on Sunday and added that a suicide note has been found. India News | Former Bengal Dy Speaker Asish Banerjee Found Dead in TMC Office.
A suicide note was reportedly found near the body of Ashish Banerjee, former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In this note, he advised his children not to enter politics.
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