India, Aug. 16 -- Asish Banerjee, former deputy speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and a five-time MLA from Rampurhat, was found dead at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office near his residence in Birbhum district on Sunday morning.

Police said Banerjee's body was found hanging inside the party office. It was sent for postmortem as part of the investigation.

The incident triggered a gathering of supporters and local residents outside Banerjee's house and the party office in Rampurhat's Hattalapara neighbourhood.

Former minister in Mamata Banerjee government

Banerjee was a senior TMC leader who served as deputy speaker of the state Assembly during Mamata Banerjee's tenure as chief minister.

Banerjee contested the latest West Bengal Assem...