Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was deeply pained by the unfortunate death of a bright student from the State at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, has sent a letter to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting her intervention for a thorough investigation into the mysterious death of Faizan Ahmed.
A semi-decomposed body of Faizan (22) was recovered from his hostel room on 14 October. A third-year mechanical engineering student hailing from Tinsukia district in eastern Assam shifted to the hostel recently. His family members suspected foul play and filed a case with the Kharagpur police for an investigation. The post-mortem report however indicated it a case of suicide.
Review meeting held: Sarma recently chaired a meeting through videoconferencing with public representatives, deputy commissioners and members of the district-level monitoring committee to review the progress of the surveys for inclusion of new eligible beneficiaries and exclusion of ineligible ones with regards to the Arunoday scheme. Sarma stated that surveys on the current financial situation of 20 lakh Arunoday beneficiaries were concluded and those sent to respective district administrations.
In order to ensure timely payment of Arunoday amount to the beneficiaries for November, Sarma asked the district-level monitoring committees to convene a meeting and finalize the data. He also directed the deputy commissioners to upload the final data by 28 October next. Sarma appealed to all quarters to prepare the new list of beneficiaries by rising above political ideologies and partisan intentions.
Assam CM writes to Bengal counterpart on mysterious death of IIT student
