Jalpaiguri Man Found Hanging as Family Reports Stress Over SIR Omission

Overview

• Police identified the deceased as 60-year-old Bhuban Chandra Roy of Rajganj, found hanging near his home early Friday after going missing Thursday night.
• Family members told officers he was distressed because his daughter’s name was absent from the Special Intensive Revision enumeration records and no form was received.
• Officers sent the body to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem and said a formal investigation is in progress.
• The Trinamool Congress linked the death to fear from the voter-roll verification drive, citing at least 11 alleged SIR-related fatalities since late October.
• Rajganj MLA Khageswar Roy visited the family, as the ECI’s door-to-door SIR aims to remove duplicates and deceased voters and add new eligible electors.