KOLKATA: A momo seller died by suicide on Tuesday, allegedly after his name was deleted from the electoral rolls of West Bengal post Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The deceased has been identified as Gouranga De, a resident of ward number 11 of Jalpaiguri town. He used to live in a rented house with his family and is survived by a wife and son.
The family claimed that he has been voting for almost 40 years. However, his name was not in the 2002 voter list. He was called for a hearing during the SIR process.
He also submitted the information and documents that he had. After the final voters' list was published on February 27, it was found Gouranga's name had been omitted from the list. 'Deleted' was written next to his name.
According to family and local sources, he was worried ever since his name was removed from the voters' list.