A 95-year-old man from West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district died allegedly by suicide in Birbhum on Wednesday as, according to his family, he was anxious about being excluded from the voter list during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state announced by the Election Commission, PTI reported.
The man, Kshitish Majumdar, was found hanging at his daughter’s home in the Illambazar area of Birbhum district.
Family members told the police that Majumdar had been anxious after learning that his name was missing from the 2002 electoral rolls.
Majumdar’s family had moved to West Bengal from Bangladesh in 1995 and settled in Paschim Medinipur district, PTI quoted an unidentified police officer as saying.
According to the police, the man was listed on the voter rolls earlier and had voted multiple times.
“Majumdar was repeatedly told by his neighbours that anyone whose name did not appear on the 2002 voter list would have to return to Bangladesh,” an unidentified police officer was quoted as saying. “The warnings reportedly left him deeply anxious.”
The police have registered a case of unnatural death and begun an investigation.
The death came two days after the Election Commission announced a special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories, including West Bengal.
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