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TMC MLA's son found dead on railway track in Bihar

The cause of death is still unclear whether it was suicide or murder

Katihar (Bihar): Debasish Das, son of Trinamool Congress MLA Kasturi Das and brother-in-law of Kolkata Mayor, was found dead on Sunday under mysterious circumstances at Barsoi railway station here, an official said.

The GRP men found his body lying on the railway track near outer signal of platform number two of Barsoi railway station, Superintendent of Police, Railway, Jitendra Mishra said.

It was not immediately clear whether the 45 year-old's death was an accident or murder, he said.

Das could have fallen down from a Kolkata-bound train late on Saturday night and injury marks were found on his head, he said.

The victim's mother Kasturi Das is an MLA from Maheshtala assembly constituency in West Bengal.

The body has been sent for post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, Mishra said.

Das's father Dulalchand Das and brother in-law Shobhan Dev Chattopadhyaya, who is Kolkata Mayor, were on their way to Barsoi to take possession of the body, the SPR said.

( Source : PTI )
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