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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: West Begal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said he would ensure probe into suicide of TMC leader Asish Banerjee to ascertain if the former ex-deputy speaker was “threatened”.“Will probe if anyone threatened him”, CM Suvendu said as per news agency PTI, hours after the TMC leader died by suicide.Banerjee was found dead on Sunday morning at a Trinamool Congress<\/a> office at Rampurhat in the Birbhum district.His body was found hanging and was sent for a post-mortem examination, police said. The circumstances surrounding his death are not yet clear.The leader’s death has triggered demands for an independent investigation, with questions being raised over the circumstances surrounding his suicide.TMC legislator Kunal Ghosh called for an impartial probe and said Banerjee had referred to mental pressure and fear of social stigma in his suicide note. Ghosh also sought to link the death to the political developments within the Trinamool Congress.ALSO READ | <\/span>\u2018TMC not functioning properly\u2019: Resignation, poll defeat cast shadow before Asish Banerjee\u2019s death<\/a>\u201cIn his suicide note, he had written that he was unable to bear the mental pressure arising out of the fear of social stigma. He could not survive even after being a \u2018Good Trinamool\u2019. The Bharatiya Janata Party should take responsibility for this. We want an impartial investigation into the incident,\u201d said Ghosh.Ghosh’s reference to Banerjee as \u201cGood Trinamool\u201d appeared to point to the former MLA’s association with a faction of the party led by expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee.<\/p>\n BJP MLA Dhruba Saha, who defeated Banerjee from Rampurhat in the recently concluded Assembly election by around 24,000 votes, also expressed shock over his death.Saha said he had met Banerjee only a few days earlier and questioned why a five-time MLA would take such an extreme step.\u201cI met him a few days back. I still cannot think that he took such an extreme step. There should be an investigation into why a five-time MLA did such a thing and that too at this age. If necessary, an investigation should be conducted by another organisation. It should be investigated whether there is any other reason behind the development,\u201d Saha told media persons.<\/p>\n A teacher by profession, Banerjee had represented the Rampurhat Assembly constituency five times. He had also served as West Bengal’s agriculture minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led government and later held the post of Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.<\/p>\n Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\nBJP MLA seeks probe into circumstances<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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