{
  "id": 1181657,
  "title": "Former West Bengal Deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee found hanging at TMC party office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/former-west-bengal-deputy-speaker-ashis-banerjee-found-hanging-at-tmc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T03:05:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/former-deputy-speaker-ashis-banerjee-found-hanging-tmc-party-office-west-bengal-assembly-11786849465715.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "West Bengal deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee's body was discovered hanging at a Trinamool Congress party office in Birbhum district on Sunday, according to police sources. A suicide note was also found at the office, located near his residence in Rampurhat. Banerjee, the former TMC MLA, was sent for a post-mortem examination to determine the exact circumstances of his death.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The discovery of the suicide note suggests that Ashis Banerjee's death may be a personal and private matter, rather than a crime, shifting the focus from potential foul play to his mental state.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}