TMC leader’s suicide case: CM Suvendu Adhikari vows probe into possible ‘threat’ angle

“Will
p obe
if
a yo e
th eate ed
him”,
CM Suve du
said.

NEW
DELHI:
West
Begal
chief
mi iste
Suve du
Adhika i
said
he
would
e su e
p obe
i to
suicide
of
TMC
leade
Asish
Ba e jee
to
asce tai
if
the
fo me
ex-deputy
speake
was
“th eate ed”.”Will
p obe
if
a yo e
th eate ed
him”,
CM
Suve du
said
as
pe
ews
age cy
PTI,
hou s
afte
the
TMC
leade
died
by
suicide.Ba e jee
was
fou d
dead
o
Su day
mo i g
at
a

T i amool
Co g ess
office
at
Rampu hat
i
the
Bi bhum
dist ict.His
body
was
fou d
ha gi g
a d
was
se t
fo
a
post-mo tem
exami atio ,
police
said.
The
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
his
death
a e
ot
yet
clea .The
leade ‘s
death
has
t igge ed
dema ds
fo
a
i depe de t
i vestigatio ,
with
questio s
bei g
aised
ove
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
his
suicide.TMC
legislato
Ku al
Ghosh
called
fo
a
impa tial
p obe
a d
said
Ba e jee
had
efe ed
to
me tal
p essu e
a d
fea
of
social
stigma
i
his
suicide
ote.
Ghosh
also
sought
to
li k
the
death
to
the
political
developme ts
withi
the
T i amool
Co g ess.ALSO
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‘TMC
ot
fu ctio i g
p ope ly’:
Resig atio ,
poll
defeat
cast
shadow
befo e
Asish
Ba e jee’s
death“I
his
suicide
ote,
he
had
w itte
that
he
was
u able
to
bea
the
me tal
p essu e
a isi g
out
of
the
fea
of
social
stigma.
He
could
ot
su vive
eve
afte
bei g
a
‘Good
T i amool’.

The
Bha atiya
Ja ata
Pa ty
should
take
espo sibility
fo
this.
We
wa t
a
impa tial
i vestigatio
i to
the
i cide t,”
said
Ghosh.Ghosh’s
efe e ce
to
Ba e jee
as
“Good
T i amool”
appea ed
to
poi t
to
the
fo me
MLA’s
associatio
with
a
factio
of
the
pa ty
led
by
expelled
leade
Ritab ata
Ba e jee.

BJP
MLA
seeks
p obe
i to
ci cumsta ces

BJP
MLA
Dh uba
Saha,
who
defeated
Ba e jee
f om
Rampu hat
i
the
ece tly
co cluded
Assembly
electio
by
a ou d
24,000
votes,
also
exp essed
shock
ove
his
death.Saha
said
he
had
met
Ba e jee
o ly
a
few
days
ea lie
a d
questio ed
why
a
five-time
MLA
would
take
such
a
ext eme
step.“I
met
him
a
few
days
back.
I
still
ca ot
thi k
that
he
took
such
a
ext eme
step.
The e
should
be
a
i vestigatio
i to
why
a
five-time
MLA
did
such
a
thi g
a d
that
too
at
this
age.
If
ecessa y,
a
i vestigatio
should
be
co ducted
by
a othe
o ga isatio .
It
should
be
i vestigated
whethe
the e
is
a y
othe
easo
behi d
the
developme t,”
Saha
told
media
pe so s.

Ba e jee’s
political
ca ee

A
teache
by
p ofessio ,
Ba e jee
had
ep ese ted
the
Rampu hat
Assembly
co stitue cy
five
times.
He
had
also
se ved
as
West
Be gal’s
ag icultu e
mi iste
i
the
p evious
Mamata
Ba e jee-led
gove me t
a d
late
held
the
post
of
Deputy
Speake
of
the
Assembly.

Followi g
the
T i amool
Co g ess’s
defeat
i
the
ece t
Assembly
polls,
i
which
Ba e jee
also
lost
his
Rampu hat
seat,
he
had
epo tedly
emai ed
la gely
away
f om
active
politics.His
family
membe s
told
the
media
that
he
had
also
kept
away
f om
political
activities
du i g
this
pe iod.The
developme ts
have
ow
led
to
calls
fo
a
i vestigatio
i to
what
may
have
p eceded
his
death,
i cludi g
whethe
he
was
u de
a y
fo m
of
p essu e
o
th eat.ALSO
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|

A
political
setback,
esig atio
a d
mo e:
Myste y
su ou ds
Ashis
Ba e jee
death
at
TMC
office

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