Himanta Biswa Sarma seeks thorough probe into death of IIT Kharagpur student

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote to Bengal chief minister Mamata Baneerjee to request a thorough investigation into the death of a third year student at IIT Kharagpur

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday asked his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to have a thorough investigation conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death a student from the state’s Tinsukia region at IIT Kharagpur .

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma conveyed his request for an indepth probe into the death of the Assam student at IIT-Kharagpur in a letter to Mamata Banerjee (Twitter/himantabiswa)

The third-year mechanical engineering student was found dead in his hostel room on October 14. His parents have expressed suspicions that there may have been foul play and filed a formal complaint with the local police in Kharagpur requesting senior police officials in Paschim Medinipur district for an investigation.

“In view of this, CM Sarma sent a request letter to CM Mamata Banerjee for her intervention to carry out a thorough investigation to unearth the truth leading to the death of the bright student whose untimely death has caused a deep sense of grief across the state,” a release from the CMO office said.