Kolkata, 1 September 2026: A mountain of sorrow has fallen on the family of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mamta Banerjee's niece Vrishti Mukherjee has committed suicide. His dead body was found hanging at his residence in Rampurhat. According to family members, she was suffering from depression for the last 4 to 5 years and was also undergoing treatment.
According to the information received, deceased Vrishti Mukherjee was the daughter of Mamata Banerjee's cousin Nihar Mukherjee. Nihar Mukherjee has been the block president of Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Rampurhat. Vrishti's mosque is situated in Kusumba village of Rampurhat, where this incident took place. He was serving as a Group-C employee in a local school. He lost his government job (Group-C) after his name surfaced in the West Bengal school recruitment scam. Apart from this, his divorce case was also going on, due to which he was under immense mental pressure and stress. Investigation by central agencies had revealed that approximately 90 percent of the OMR sheets were tampered with during the recruitment process, in which names of many candidates including Vrishti were revealed who had allegedly taken advantage of the irregularities. After this legal action his job was taken away.
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Police started investigation
The dead body was found hanging in the balcony of the second floor of his house in Kusumba village. As soon as the incident was known, Rampurhat police immediately rushed to the spot. Police have taken down the dead body and sent it to Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital for postmortem and preliminary investigation. Police are primarily suspecting it to be suicide, although the exact cause of death is not yet clear.
Rampurhat Police is conducting an intensive investigation to find out the real circumstances and reasons behind this accident. On the other hand, the bereaved family members say that his mental condition was not good for the last few years and he was taking treatment for depression. This blinding disaster has shaken the entire family.