A 70-year-old hawker from Nadia district died allegedly due to anxiety triggered by the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. His family claimed he stopped eating after learning that his name was missing from the old voters’ list

Kolkata: A 70-year-old man killed in Nadia district on Monday, with his family alleging that the death was due to anxiety linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, police said.

The deceased, identified as Shyamal Kumar Saha, was a resident of Krishnachakpur Mandalpara under Taherpur Police Station, and he had stopped taking food due to SIR anxiety, they said.

“Family members claimed that the deceased had stopped eating food after learning his name was missing from the 2002 voters’

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