A 55-year-old booth level officer (BLO), Lalit Adhikary, was killed in an accident on Thursday at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar while returning from his SIR duty.
Adhikary, who was on his bike, was fatally hit by a bus on the Sitalkuchi-Mathabhanga highway. The incident prompted TMC to claim that Adhikary was under tremendous pressure owing to SIR duty, which distracted him, leading to the accident. North Bengal development minister Udayan Guha went to Adhikary's home on Friday and handed over Rs 2 lakh to his family.
SIR forms collected by Adhikary were recovered by cops from the accident spot. BJP, meanwhile, accused TMC of trying to link every death in the state with SIR.