Two men in West Bengal’s North and South 24 Parganas districts allegedly died by suicide this week and last week, with their families and political leaders linking the deaths to anxiety over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the 2026 assembly polls, according to PTI reports.

The Trinamool Congress has alleged that as many as eight people in the state have died by suicide due to fear over the SIR, though the figure is yet to be independently verified.

In the South 24 Parganas district, 57-year-old Safikul Gazi, originally from Ghushighata in North 24 Parganas, was found hanging at his in-laws’ home in Jaypur, Bhangar, on Wednesday. Family members said Gazi, who had been mentally disturbed following injuries in a recent accident, became increasingly anxious a

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