Kolkata, Nov 11 (PTI) A 65-year-old man in West Bengal's Dakshin Dinajpur district was found hanging at his home on Tuesday morning, with his family claiming he took his life fearing complications over discrepancies in his voter records, police said.

The ruling Trinamool Congress has claimed that 17 people have died in the state due to the shock and anxiety following the announcement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The deceased, identified as Osman Mondal, a resident of Aghacha under Dhangarhat panchayat in Kumarganj block, had reportedly been anxious for several days over a mismatch in his surname on official documents, his family claimed.

"The deceased's voter identity card mentioned his name as Osman Molla, while the 2002 electoral rolls listed him as Osma

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