Several questions remain to be unanswered following the mysterious death of a policeman in West Bengal’s Bankura district, a day after his body was recovered from the railway tracks, police said.
The police said on Saturday that the officer has been identified as Bankura Police Inspector (DIB) Jayanta Pal. An eyewitness Sudam Sheet said, “On Friday afternoon, I was going from the station intersection towards Kethardanga for a special work. He returned to the police station on Friday and joined work.
If its initial report is received by Saturday evening, it will shed a lot of light on this death. However, even before that, some questions have started to arise regarding Jayanta’s death. If anyone is caught crossing through a closed railway gate, the railway police will also impose a hefty fine. Since I was in a hurry, I did not use the subway and crossed the railway line. At that time, the Aranyak Express was approaching Bankura station. Suddenly, I saw a man staggering and jumping in front of the moving train. At that time, I did not realise that the man was a police officer. The incident was not an accident in any way. I am sure that he committed suicide. This incident happened after that. However, he had survived at that time. At that time, he was working as the Inspector in-Charge of Chanditala police station in Hooghly district. A woman was with him at the time of the incident.
However, after working for three-four days, he took a 40-day leave due to illness. On February 20, 2025, Jayanta shot himself in front of a Ghoshpara petrol pump in Howrah.
