Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Rafiq Ali Gazi of Magrahat, recovered his body from home, and sent it to Diamond Harbour Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.
- Relatives say his name was stamped "under scrutiny" in the final Special Intensive Revision voter list, causing severe distress over potential loss of voting rights.
- The family lodged an FIR at Usti police station naming Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Bengal Chief Election Officer Manoj Agarwal for alleged harassment and mental pressure.
- Authorities registered an unnatural-death case and say no conclusions will be drawn until the post-mortem report, while the TMC accuses a BJP–ECI nexus and the BJP rejects politicisation.
- Local rolls show the deceased, five family members, and 111 others at booth 141 under adjudication, and separate reporting notes a second suicide in Jalpaiguri and statewide figures of 63.66 lakh deletions with over 60 lakh voters listed for adjudication.