Former West Bengal deputy speaker Asish Banerjee is found dead hanging at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office near his home in Rampurhat, in Birbhum district. Multiple outlets report that police recover a purported suicide note from the party office and send his body for a post-mortem/autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Outlets also describe Banerjee as a veteran TMC leader and five-time MLA from the Rampurhat constituency. He previously served as deputy speaker during Mamata Banerjee’s tenure as chief minister, and held ministerial portfolios in the state government. The investigation is ongoing, and police officials have not yet established the circumstances leading to his death.
Several reports add political context: Banerjee loses the Rampurhat seat in the 2026 assembly election and steps back from key roles in the TMC’s Birbhum unit. The Hindu further reports details in the note, including claims that he was not involved in corruption and that efforts were being made to malign him. Other outlets focus more on the discovery and the investigation, without confirming the note’s contents beyond “purported.”
