Overview
- A 52-year-old booth-level officer, Rinku Tarafdar, was found dead at her home in Nadia, with police recovering a note as her family alleged unbearable pressure from Special Intensive Revision duties.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shared the note claiming it blamed the Election Commission and renewed her request to halt the exercise in the state, as the CEO sought a report on the case.
- Election Commission sources said the panel may ask state chief electoral officers for reports if deaths are linked to alleged work harassment, while stressing that the revision is a constitutional mandate.
- Recent cases beyond Bengal include a Gujarat schoolteacher who died by suicide after citing SIR-related stress in a note and two deaths in Madhya Pradesh that relatives linked to heavy targets and workload.
- A political confrontation has escalated, with the TMC accusing the process of imposing inhuman pressure and the BJP alleging the ruling party is pressuring BLOs to upload incorrect voter details.