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Natun Gati, Birbhum :
A person committed suicide in Birbhum’s Ilambazar due to SIR fear, according to the family of the deceased. After Panihati in North 24 Parganas, this time a death due to SIR fear has occurred in Birbhum’s Ilambazar.
An 85 year old man named Khitish Majumdar, from Korapara village under Kotwali police station in Paschim Medinipur, came to visit his daughter’s house in Ilambazar, Birbhum a few months ago. The body of the old man was found hanging from his neck in a house in Subhashpalli, School Garden, Ilambazar on Thursday.
The family has learned that Khitish Majumdar was in extreme fear of SIR. Khitish Majumdar name was not in the 2002 voter list. He was in the fear that if his name was not in the 2002 voter list, he would be sent to Bangladesh. He used to talk about SIR repeatedly. According to family sources, after the SIR was announced, he entered the house and committed suicide by hanging himself on Thursday.
This tragic incident has created a sensation in the district and the state.
It is known that he came to West Bengal from Bangladesh about 40 years ago. His name was also in the voter list here, and he had voted many times. But recently, the fear of SIR surrounded him. The family claims that he committed suicide due to this fear that if he is not included in the SIR list, he will be sent to Bangladesh.
