Man who slapped Abhishek Banerjee dies under mysterious circumstances, family claims murder

Devasish Acharya, the man who had slapped TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in 2015, has died under mysterious circumstances. He was dropped in a critical condition at a hospital in Bengal.

Devasish Acharya, the man who slapped TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in 2015, has died under mysterious circumstances in West Bengal. He was dropped at a hospital by some unidentified men on Thursday and was declared dead soon after. Early on Thursday morning, Devasish Acharya was taken to the Tamluk district hospital in Midnapore in a severely injured condition. The hospital records show he was brought to the facility at 4.10 am by some unknown men, who left soon after. He died in the afternoon. This is when his family found out about the mysterious death upon reaching the hospital and claimed that Devasish had been murdered.