Another death due to SIR panic, 60-year-old woman passes away in Hooghly

In the quiet confines of Dankuni Municipality's Ward no 20 under Hooghly District, a shadow of fear cast by the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has claimed yet another life. Hasina Begum, a 60-year-old passed away, her family attributing the tragedy directly to the mounting stress from SIR inquiries that haunted her final days. Neighbours claims Hasina was severely worried over SIR panic.What began as a routine administrative exercise has morphed into a source of profound anxiety, with reports of similar panic-related incidents piling up often nowadays.

This incident isn't isolated; it follows a string of alleged SIR-related tragedies, from Pradeep Kar's suicide in Panihati with a note citing the revision, to Khairul Sheikh's poison attempt in Cooch Behar and Kshitish Majumdar's hanging to death in Birbhum due to his absence from the 2002 rolls followed by an indident in Titagarh Barracckpore where a woman put herself on fire and died a few days back.

Additionally, another incident which occured two days back where a 51-year-old East Bardhaman migrant labour from dies unnaturally in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district, family blames SIR panic. Meanwhile, each story serves as a poignant warning: when paperwork pierces the soul, the real revision needed is one of empathy in governance, ensuring no voice is silenced before it's even heard.