Asish Banerjee, the former deputy speaker of the West Bengal assembly, was found dead this morning at a Trinamool Congress’s office next to his house in Birbhum district’s Rampurhat city.
Earlier reporting noted: Ex-Bengal deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee found dead at TMC office in Birbhum Former deputy speaker of Bengal assembly Ashis Banerjee was found dead at the Trinamool Congress office in Birbhum on Sunday, police said, news agency PTI reported. Asish Banerjee served as deputy speaker when Trinamool head Mamata Banerjee was chief minister. He was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat. He lived in the Hattalapara neighbourhood in Rampurhat. A large crowd had gathered outside the party office when they heard his body had been found. Asish Banerjee served as Bengal education and agriculture minister since Mamata Banerjee came to power for the first time many years ago.
His body, which was found hanging, was sent for postmortem, the police said. Earlier reporting noted: A purported suicide note has also been recovered from the party office which located near his residence in Rampurhat, police said.
Earlier reporting noted: The TMC MLA had resigned from the post of chairman of party’s Birbhum district core committee in June, weeks after the Mamata Banerjee-led party faced crushing defeat at the hands of the BJP in assembly elections.
