West Bengal BJP leader Debendra Nath Roy's death due to hanging: Post-mortem report

The post-mortem report of the senior Bengal BJP leader and MLA Debendra Nath Roy released on Tuesday stated that he died due to hanging and apart from an injury mark on his left hand there were no other external injuries on his body. The development comes a day after Roy was found to be hanging at a mobile stall in his neighborhood.

“Death was due to the effects of hanging as noted above - antemortem in nature. Further information if any will be provided upon after receipt of the chemical examiner's report,” stated the post-mortem report.

Later in the day when the Home Secretary Alapon Bandyopadhyay said that after initial investigation the state police is primarily of the opinion that it was a case of suicide.

“Studying the post-mortem report, circumstantial evidence and after conducting initial investigation the state police primarily is of the opinion that the incident is probably a case of suicide,” said Bandyopadhyay.

He also said that the West Bengal government wants to make it clear that an impartial investigation will be conducted and no extraneous and political factor will be allowed to influence it.

“The West Bengal government wants to make it clear that through, impartial and transparent investigation will be conducted into the incident and no political and extraneous factor will hamper and influence the investigation,” said Bandyopadhyay.

Addressing media persons at the state Secretariat he said that a piece of paper was found in Roy’s pocket in which in he wrote the name and mobile numbers of two persons along with their photos.

“The deceased made some comments about the two ( in the note). State police is looking into all activities of the two.
During the day CID detained one person from Malda district in relation to the case. CID sources said that in initial interrogation he has denied any involvement in the incident.

Roy was elected from Hemtabad Assembly constituency in North Dinajpur district in 2016 on a CPI(M) ticket and joined BJP after the Lok Sabha elections but did not resign as an MLA.