Asish Banerjee Death: What Purported Suicide Note Said About Corruption Allegations

T i amool
Co g ess
leade
a d
fo me
West
Be gal
Assembly
Deputy
Speake
Asish
Ba e jee
was
fou d
ha gi g
i side
a
pa ty
office
i
Bi bhum’s
Rampu hat
o
Su day
mo i g.
A
pu po ted
suicide
ote
has
also
bee
ecove ed,
i
which
the
fo me
mi iste
de ied
allegatio s
of
co uptio
a d
efe ed
to
issues
li ked
to
the
Ta apith
Rampu hat
Developme t
Autho ity
(TRDA).

Ba e jee
was
a
five-time
MLA
f om
Rampu hat
a d
ep ese ted
the
co stitue cy
fo
25
co secutive
yea s,
f om
2001
to
2026.
He
was
defeated
by
BJP
ca didate
Dh uba
Saha
i
the
2026
West
Be gal
Assembly
electio .

His
body
was
fou d
at
a
TMC
office
adjace t
to
his
eside ce
i
Rampu hat.
The
developme t
came
a
day
afte
Ba e jee
atte ded
a
local
I depe de ce
Day
eve t,
whe e
he
hoisted
the
T icolou .

What
Did
Asish
Ba e jee’s
Pu po ted
Suicide
Note
Say?

I
the
pu po ted
ote,
Ba e jee
st o gly
de ied
havi g
bee
i volved
i
co uptio
at
a y
poi t
du i g
his
political
ca ee .
He
epo tedly
add essed
allegatio s
co ce i g
the
Ta apith
Rampu hat
Developme t
Autho ity,
whe e
he
had
se ved
as
chai pe so .
Ba e jee
claimed
he
had
o
i volveme t
i
decisio s
elated
to
te de s,
issua ce
of
cheques,
app oval
of
pla s
o
o-objectio
ce tificates.

Acco di g
to
the
pu po ted
ote,
Ba e jee
alleged
that
effo ts
had
bee
made
to
“malig & dquo;
a d
humiliate
him.
He
also
epo tedly
exp essed
eg et
ove
his
decisio
to
e te
politics,
desc ibi g
it
as
a
mistake.

The
vete a
TMC
leade
fu the
w ote
that
he
was
ot
always
able
to
speak
out
agai st
alleged
w o gdoi g
withi
the
pa ty.

Ba e jee’s
Political
Ca ee

Ba e jee
had
se ved
as
a
mi iste
i
the
West
Be gal
gove me t
a d
late
became
Deputy
Speake
of
the
state
Assembly.
He
emai ed
associated
with
the
Rampu hat
co stitue cy
fo
five
te ms
befo e
losi g
the
seat
i
this
yea ‘s
Assembly
electio .

Followi g
his
electo al
defeat,
Ba e jee
had
la gely
emai ed
away
f om
active
politics,
acco di g
to
pa ty
sou ces
cited
by
PTI.

His
death
comes
mo ths
afte
the
TMC
was
voted
out
of
powe
i
West
Be gal
followi g
15
yea s
of
ule,
with
the
BJP
fo mi g
the
gove me t
afte
the
2026
Assembly
polls.

The
cha ge
i
gove me t
has
also
bee
followed
by
co uptio – elated
i vestigatio s
a d
a ests
i volvi g
seve al
fo me
TMC
leade s
a d
legislato s.

Police
P obe
U de way

The
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
Ba e jee’s
death
emai
u de
i vestigatio .
Police
have
lau ched
a
p obe
a d
se t
his
body
fo
postmo tem
exami atio .
The
co te ts
of
the
pu po ted
suicide
ote,
i cludi g
the
allegatio s
me tio ed
i
it,
a e
yet
to
be
i depe de tly
ve ified.

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