{
  "id": 1183709,
  "title": "Asish Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee's Close Aide, Found Dead At Trinamool Office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/asish-banerjee-mamata-banerjees-close-aide-found-dead-at-trinamool",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T03:13:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/asish-banerjee-ex-bengal-deputy-speaker-and-ex-trinamool-mla-found-dead-at-party-office-was-a-close-aide-of-mamata-banerjee-11915959"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Asish Banerjee served as deputy speaker when Trinamool head Mamata Banerjee was chief minister. He was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Ex-Bengal deputy speaker Ashish Banerjee found dead under mysterious circumstances at TMC office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ex-bengal-deputy-speaker-ashish-banerjee-found-dead-under-mysterious",
        "published": "2026-08-16T03:10:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}