Kolkata, May 23 -- A Trinamool Congress (TMC) ward councilor of South Dum Dum municipality in North 24 Parganas was found dead in his residence on Saturday morning, police said, suspecting suicide.

"Police have started an investigation. Prima facie it appears that he died by suicide," a police officer said.

South Dum Dum municipality under the TMC-regime came under scanner for an alleged recruitment irregularity case. It is being probed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) along with other civic bodies across West Bengal.

On May 11, a week after the results of the state assembly elections were announced and the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power, the ED arrested Sujit Bose, former state fire minis...