Overview
- Bimal Santra, identified by the TMC as a migrant worker from Nabagram in Purba Bardhaman, was reported dead after hospitalisation in Tamil Nadu, according to his family.
- Santra’s relatives told reporters he had lost work, migrated for employment, and was under severe stress before his death.
- Local MLA Ashok(e) Majhi said the 100-day work scheme was not operating in the area and that the family told him Santra feared the voter-roll revision process.
- In a social media post, the TMC blamed the BJP and the Election Commission, calling the Special Summary Revision an instrument of intimidation.
- Coverage notes the party offered no details of the circumstances or any police confirmation and cited earlier alleged SIR/NRC-linked cases, including the death of Pradeep Kar, an attempted suicide in Cooch Behar, and the death of Khitish Majumder.