A complaint has been registered against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal in Purulia district. The complaint was filed by the family of Durjan Majhi, who tragically took his own life allegedly out of fear of a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing. The accusations involve claims of mental harassment and abetment to suicide.
Durjan Majhi, a former Bharat Coking Coal Limited employee, left his home on Monday to attend a scheduled SIR hearing but was later found dead on railway tracks. His family asserts that he ended his life due to anxiety over the impending hearing. The incident has caused tension in Chautala village of Para Assembly constituency in Purulia district.
Majhi’s family stated that despite submitting the SIR enumeration form, he was summoned for a hearing, which neither he, his wife, nor son received. This situation had left Majhi in distress for several days, with his family claiming he felt despondent upon receiving the hearing notice. The family accused the Election Commission of being responsible for his suicide.
Purulia district Trinamool Chhatra Parishad President Kiriti Acharya expressed concern over the alleged harassment faced by individuals in the name of SIR procedures, citing instances of suicides occurring in different places. In contrast, Purulia District BJP leader Jayadipta Chattaraj dismissed the incident as a mere accident, accusing the ruling party of attempting to disrupt the SIR process.
