Birbhum, Aug. 16 -- Former Deputy Speaker and former MLA of Trinamool Congress Asish Banerjee was found dead in his party office, Birbhum District Police said on Sunday and added that a suicide note has been found.

Banerjee was a former MLA from Rampurhat constituency.

Police officials said that "Asish Bandyopadhyay was found dead by hanging" in his party office.

"A suicide note has been found, in which the deceased mentioned that 'no one is responsible for my death'," a police official said.

His body is being taken to Rampurhat Medical College for post-mortem.

Following the news, TMC workers gathered outside the party office and at Banerjee's residence in Rampurhat.

Banerjee had stepped down as chairman of the TMC's Birbhum distric...