Asish Banerjee, a veteran Trinamool Congress leader and former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, was found dead by hanging at a local party office in Birbhum on August 16, 2026.
Police recovered a suicide note from the scene where the 68-year-old politician allegedly expressed regret over his entry into politics, prompting an immediate investigation into the circumstances of his death.
The incident has triggered a political firestorm in West Bengal, with opposition parties demanding a high-level probe into the security and internal dynamics of the TMC office where the body was discovered.