Mamata Banerjee’s Niece Found Hanging at Birbhum Residence
Police are treating the death as a suspected suicide as investigators await a post-mortem report and question family members.
- On Tuesday, 28-year-old Bristy Mukherjee, niece of Ex-Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was found dead at her home in Birbhum district. Police are treating the case as a suspected suicide.
- According to family members, Mukherjee had been battling depression for years and was undergoing treatment. She was also involved in divorce proceedings and lost her job after the Supreme Court cancelled recruitment in government-aided schools.
- Investigators sent the body to Rampurhat Government Medical College for a post-mortem examination. A senior police officer said, "The circumstances leading to the death will be established after the post-mortem and other procedural inquiries."
- This incident follows the August 16 death of 74-year-old Asish Banerjee, a former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and senior TMC leader, found at a party office in the same district.
- Authorities continue to probe the death, with officials awaiting the post-mortem report to determine the exact cause. Police have not attributed the incident to any specific reason as preliminary inquiries proceed.
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