The Trinamool Congress on Friday accused the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voter lists of creating widespread fear, after a 60-year-old man was found hanging in Jalpaiguri district.

The ruling party said the incident showed how the revision drive was causing distress among ordinary citizens, especially those worried about their names being removed from the electoral rolls.

Police identified the deceased as Bhuban Chandra Roy from the Rajganj area. According to officers, he had gone missing on Thursday night and was discovered hanging from a tree early the next morning.

His family told the police that Roy had been anxious for days after noticing that his daughter’s name was missing from the electoral rolls and that she had not received the required enumeration form. Police

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