Police initiated a case of abetment to suicide against unknown persons after the wife of Ashok Das, 48, a booth-level officer (BLO), lodged a complaint with East Jadavpur police station on Friday. Ashok, a resident of 15, Ahalya Nagar, Mukundapur, was found hanging from the ceiling of his room on Thursday. A local BJP leader had alleged that the local Trinamool councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation had pressured and threatened him, prompting the suicide. On Friday, a section of Trinamool leaders said party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had enquired about the family of the deceased. Abhishek is also said to have directed local party leaders to visit Ashok’s family during the day and stand by them “in this hour of crisis”.

Source: The Telegraph January 17, 2026 02:09 UTC