Kolkata, March 9 A woman allegedly died by suicide in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday after her name was listed as "under consideration" and the names of her two sons were omitted from the recently published post-SIR voter list.
A police officer said that the incident occurred in the Paschim Chandipur village in the Baduria subdivision.
According to the family members of the deceased, 50-year-old Reena Rani Kundu, the recently published final voter list showed Kundu's name as "under consideration," while her sons, Shubhadip and Soumen, were missing from the list.
In the voter list issued by the EC on February 28, over 60 lakh electors were placed in a category of "under adjudication." Their enumeration forms are currently being examined for "logical discrepancies" by judicial officers appointed by the EC.
"She had been extremely anxious in the past few days due to the issues with the voter list," a police officer said.
The woman allegedly hanged herself at her residence on Monday afternoon. At the time, her two sons had gone to the Block Development Officer's office in Baduria with all the necessary documents to clarify their voter status.
"While they were there, they received information that their mother had died by suicide at home," the officer said.
The police sent the body for post-mortem examination, he said, adding that they have initiated an investigation into the incident.
Officials said that the incident has raised concerns among residents over the voter list verification process under the SIR, where several names are marked as "under consideration" or removed pending verification.
The ruling Trinamool Congress has claimed that more than 100 people have died due to anxiety surrounding the SIR since the process began in November last year.