Ashis Banerjee, a former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and senior TMC leader, was found hanging at a party office in Birbhum on August 16, 2026.
Police recovered a suicide note from the scene in which Banerjee explicitly denied involvement in corruption and expressed a desire to exit politics.
Authorities have initiated a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, which has sent shockwaves through the state's political landscape.