SURI/MIDNAPORE/KOLKATA: The family of a 95-year-old man who died by suicide in his daughter’s Birbhum home on Thursday blamed “SIR fears” for his act, making it the second such case in Bengal in three days. Another man’s suicide attempt in Cooch Behar on Wednesday was also attributed to concerns over citizenship.CM Mamata Banerjee attacked what she termed “BJP’s politics of fear, division and hate” after Midnapore resident Kshitish Majumdar, who migrated from Bangladesh’s Barisal 40 years ago, was allegedly driven to suicide by the fear of “being pushed back or sent to detention camps”. His name was missing from 2002 rolls during the SIR, his daughter said.A man identified as Pradeep Kar (57) ended his life in Panihati on Tuesday. Police commissioner Murlidhar Sharma, who visited the 57-year-old’s home, said the deceased scribbled in a purported suicide note that “NRC is responsible for my death”.In Cooch Behar, Khairul Sheikh’s family claimed he consumed pesticide after brooding over the possibility of his name being struck off the electoral rolls because of a name mismatch between his voter card and Aadhaar. A resident of Jeetpur village in Dinhata, Khairul was hospitalised in a critical condition.
