{
  "id": 1199113,
  "title": "West Bengal Shocker: Former Bengal Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee Found Hanging At TMC Office In Birbhum; Suicide Note Recovered",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/west-bengal-shocker-former-bengal-deputy-speaker-asish-banerjee-found",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T04:14:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/west-bengal-shocker-former-bengal-deputy-speaker-asish-banerjee-found-hanging-at-tmc-office-in-birbhum-suicide-note-recovered"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rampurhat: Former West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker and veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Asish Banerjee was found hanging at a TMC party office near his residence in Rampurhat, Birbhum district, on Sunday morning, August 16, 2026, police sources said. A purported suicide note was also recovered from the office, with police examining its contents as part of the investigation. Body Sent…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}