Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- A day after 52-year-old Pradip Kar committed suicide in Panihati in North 24 Parganas, another man, tried to commit suicide in Coochbehar, prompting the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to allege that the incidents were triggered by panic over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list.
The first incident involved Pradip Kar, a resident of Panihati in North 24 Parganas, whose body was found hanging in his room yesterday, the day after the SIR announcement.
Police claimed the recovered suicide note, spanning nearly one-and-a-half pages, stated that the deceased was driven to the extreme due to anxiety surrounding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the SIR process.
The political temperature rose further wit...