Overview
- Police in Barrackpore have sent a note found near 57-year-old Pradeep Kar’s body for forensic analysis to verify authorship, with the probe’s findings still pending.
- Kar’s relatives say he feared an NRC-style process tied to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, while a family member questioned whether he could have written the note after losing fingers on his writing hand.
- A 95-year-old man, Kshitish Majumdar, was found dead in Birbhum, and his family says he was distraught after learning his name was missing from the 2002 voter list and feared expulsion.
- The Trinamool Congress led protests in Panihati, accused the BJP and the Election Commission of spreading panic, and demanded FIRs against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- The BJP rejected claims linking Kar’s death to NRC fears, noting his name appeared on the 2002 voters’ roll, while residents in Cooch Behar reported names missing from that year’s list, adding to public anxiety.