Incumbent councillor kills self after she loses by 30 votes

Kolkata | Friday | 18th August, 2017

Summary:

While Sarkar received 350 votes, Supriya got 320. AN INCUMBENT councillor, who lost the civic polls by just 30 votes to a Trinamool Congress candidate, allegedly killed herself by consuming sleeping pills immediately after the results were announced on Thursday. Her family members later discovered her body and empty packets of sleeping pills. The results showed that Supriya had lost to Trinamool’s Ashok Sarkara by 30 votes. She then locked her room and reportedly took over 40 sleeping pills..