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Mamata Banerjee’s niece found hanging at Birbhum residence
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Bristi Mukherjee, niece of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, was found hanging at her residence. The 28-year-old's body was recovered from her home in Birbhum district on Tuesday. Family members stated she had been suffering from depression and undergoing treatment for years. Mukherjee had recently lost her job after a Supreme Court order cancelled recruitments. An investigation is currently underway to establish the circumstances of her death.

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Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's niece was found hanging at her residence in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday, police said.



The body of Bristi Mukherjee (28) was recovered from a room on the second floor of her house at Kusumba village in Rampurhat area this afternoon, a senior officer said.

"The body has been sent for post-mortem examination. An investigation is underway. The circumstances leading to the death will be established after the post-mortem and other procedural inquiries," he said.

According to family members, Mukherjee had been suffering from depression for the past few years and was undergoing treatment.



She had lost her job following a Supreme Court order cancelling recruitments in government-aided schools over alleged corruption, the family members said.

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