Overview
- Hamimul Islam, a primary school headmaster serving as a Booth Level Officer, was found hanging inside his Murshidabad school and his body was sent for post-mortem, police said.
- Ranitala police registered an unnatural death case and said all aspects are being examined as investigators look into circumstances at the school.
- Family members allege he was under severe stress from dual duties and intensified SIR tasks such as mapping and unmapping, and a local TMC MLA echoed those concerns.
- Reports state that eight BLOs have died in West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision began on November 4, with five of those deaths described as suicides.
- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over SIR-related deaths, while relatives noted Islam’s phone was missing and said he was the family’s sole earner.