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Mamata Banerjee's niece found dead at her residence in West Bengal's Birbhum, say police
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SEP 1, 2026, 9:31 AM
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Mamata Banerjee's niece found dead at her residence in West Bengal's Birbhum, say police

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's niece has been found dead at her residence in West Bengal's Birbhum, police said on Tuesday.

Mamata Banerjee's niece had lost her job following the Supreme Court order cancelling recruitments for government-aided schools over alleged corruption. (HT Photo/ Samir Jana)The 31-year-old's body was found in a room on the second floor of her house in Rampurhat's Kusumba village on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased is the daughter of Mamata's cousin brother.

Her body was sent for a post-mortem examination, and an investigation into the incident is underway, the officer said. “The circumstances leading to the death will be established after the post-mortem and other procedural inquiries,” PTI cited him as saying.

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