Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead at home in Birbhum

Police say her family members have stated that she has been suffering from severe depression for the last few years and was undergoing psychiatric treatment

Brishti Mukherjee's body was found hanging on the first floor of her home in Kusumba village, in West Bengal's Birbhum district.

Bristi Mukherjee, niece of Mamata Banerjee, was found dead at her Birbhum home. The 28-year-old was discovered hanging in her room on Tuesday afternoon. Police are treating the death as a suicide and have sent the body for post-mortem. Mukherjee was reportedly undergoing divorce proceedings and had suffered from dep