Overview
- Barrackpore Police recovered a diary from Pradeep Kar’s Panihati home with the line “NRC is responsible for my death,” sent the body for post-mortem and said the inquiry is underway.
- The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is scheduled from November 4 in 12 jurisdictions including West Bengal, with draft rolls due December 9 and final lists on February 7.
- Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of stoking fear over citizenship issues and vowed not to allow an NRC in West Bengal, while TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee visited the family and demanded FIRs against Amit Shah and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- BJP leaders countered that investigators must determine the cause, asserted there is currently no nationwide NRC and described the SIR as a routine voter-roll update.
- Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said the death was unrelated to NRC or SIR and cited the deceased’s presence on earlier electoral rolls, even as police noted family accounts of recent anxiety.