“West Bengal: Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into the alleged state-sponsored killing of Rajesh Sarkar and Tapas Barman”, Organiser, May 10, 2023:
“The Calcutta High Court has ordered National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the murder of Rajesh Sarkar and Tapas Barman, the former students of Darivit High School located at Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal.
It is alleged that the West Bengal Police shot the two students inside the school’s compound for protesting against Mamata Banerjee Government’s Urdu imposition on September 20, 2018. It was reported that the students killed belonged to the Dalit community.
Rajesh Sarkar died on his way to the hospital and Tapas Barman died the next day. The two students were members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Tapas Barman belonged to the Scheduled Caste community (Sub-Caste Rajbangshi); he was a 3rd-year student of the ITI course….”
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