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Ex-TMC MLA Banerjee found dead at party office

By Sohail Khan 16 August 2026, 8:35 am

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Ashis Banerjee, former Bengal Dy Speaker, found hanging at TMC office

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Former West Bengal Assembly deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee was found hanging at a party office. A purported suicide note was recovered from the office near his residence. Police have sent his body for post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause. Banerjee represented Rampurhat in the state Assembly for many years. Investigations are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding his untimely death.

Ashis Banerjee found hanging at TMC party office in Birbhum, police says — Former Trinamool Congress MLA and deputy speaker of Bengal Assembly Ashis Banerjee, right, with BJP MLA from Rampurhat Dhruba Saha, left

Former deputy speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and veteran Trinamool Congress leader Ashis Banerjee was found hanging at a TMC party office in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, police sources told PTI.

The officials also recovered a purported suicide note from the party office near his residence at Hattala Para in Rampurhat.

Police reached the spot and sent Banerjee's body for post-mortem examination. The circumstances surrounding his death have not yet been established, while police are examining the contents of the purported note, the sources said.

His death comes as West Bengal's political landscape has undergone a major shift following the TMC's defeat in this year's Assembly elections, which ended its 15-year rule. Several former TMC legislators and leaders are facing corruption-related investigations and arrests.

Police are investigating whether Banerjee died by suicide and, if so, what led him to take the step. The post-mortem report and the contents of the purported note are expected to provide further details about the circumstances of his death, the sources said.

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