Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma writes to Mamata Banerjee, seeks thorough probe in death of IIT student

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sent a letter to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting her intervention for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Faizan Ahmed, an IIT Kharagpur student from Tinsukia, Assam.

Faizan Ahmed, from Assam’s Tinsukia district who was an IIT Kharagpur third year mechanical engineering student was found dead in his hostel room on 14 October. His parents on observing his body filed a case with the local police in Kharagpur requesting the Superintendent of Police, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal and Inspector-in-charge of Kharagpur (Town) Police Station for an investigation.

In view of this, Sarma sent a request letter to his West Bengal counterpart 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.