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Suvendu Adhikari’s inner circle has now seen multiple mysterious deaths over more than a decade: Pradip Jha in 2013, security aide Subhabrata Chakraborty in 2018, Pulak Lahiri in 2021 and now Chandranath Rath in 2026. Coincidence, political violence, or a deeper pattern? Scroll down.

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