NORTH DINAJPUR: The body of CPM-turned-BJP MLA from Hemtabad, Debendra Nath Roy was found hanging in front of a closed shop 1.5km from his residence on Monday morning, sparking a war of words between the BJP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) on how and why he died.
The Bengal government ordered an inquiry by CID into the unnatural death even as BJP called a 12-hour bandh in eight north Bengal districts on Tuesday, demanding a CBI probe.
North Dinajpur superintendent of police Sujit Kumar said, “prima facie”, it was a suicide case. “We have found a suicide note fro