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Kolkata: A 57-year-old resident of the Kolkata-adjacent Panihati allegedly died by suicide on October 28, fewer than 24 hours after the Election Commission announced a ‘special intensive revision’ of the Bengal voter list, among other states.

Pradip Kar’s death has ignited widespread political outrage, because he has allegedly left a suicide note blaming his death on fears related to the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

In the aftermath, chief minister Mamata Banerjee has directly accused the Bharatiya Janata Party – in power at the Union government – of spreading fear. Banerjee has demanded an end to what she described as a “cruel political experiment.”

“I urge the Central Government to stop this inhuman game forever. Bengal will never approve NRC and will not allow anyone to snatch away the dignity or rights of our people,” she wrote on social media.

Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee blamed Union home minister Amit Shah and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for Kar’s death.

“They should be named in an FIR [first information report].........

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