KRISHNANAGAR: A 51-year-old from Nadia district became the second booth-level officer (BLO) to die by suicide in West Bengal within three days, swinging the glare on the immense pressure on these govt employees engaged for special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in various states. At least six suicides by BLOs have been reported from five states. Rinku Tarafdar, a para-teacher, was found hanging at her Krishnanagar home on Friday night. She left behind a two-page suicide note in Bengali, in which she held EC responsible for her death. "I do not support any political party. I am a very ordinary person. But, I cannot handle this inhuman work pressure," she wrote, adding that despite being paid poorly, she was not given a break from BLO duty. Rinku wrote that she "wanted to l

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