Ashis Banerjee (File Photo) (Image Credit: X)
KOLKATA: Ashis Banerjee, the former deputy speaker of the West Bengal assembly, was found dead on Sunday morning at a Trinamool Congress office in Rampurhat, Birbhum district.His body was found hanging and was sent for a post-mortem examination, police said. The circumstances surrounding his death are not yet clear.According to news agency PTI, a purported suicide note was also recovered from the party office located near his residence in Rampurhat.Banerjee served as deputy speaker while Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was the chief minister of West Bengal.He was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat.(This is a developing story)
