Agartala, Aug 18: A group of students from Assam Rifles Public School, Agartala hit the streets in the city on Tuesday demanding a fair investigation into the mysterious death of a teacher.

Pankaj Sahu, teacher of the Assam Rifles School, was found dead in a mysterious condition inside a room on Independence Day when the school was closed. The door of the room was found broken and the teacher's legs were found to be tied.

He was found to be hanging in a mysterious condition. When the matter came to light, the deceased's family along with others alleged that it was not an incident of suicide; he was hanged post murder. The teacher was a resident of Bihari Basti area in Bhati Abhoynagar area.

On Tuesday, a group of students of the school brought out an agitation in front of Agartala city centre demanding a fair probe into the incident.

A student said, Sahu was one of most sincere and generous teachers of the schools and the death was not a suicide.
The agitating students strongly demanded an impartial investigation to unearth the mystery behind the death of their teacher Pankaj Shau.

It has been alleged that the teacher was called over telephone to go to the school despite the school was closed on that day. But, the Principal of the school was still maintaining a conspicuous silence on the issue so far.

Importantly, the agitating group alleged that the teacher was under pressure following distribution of marks since he was head of the examination cell.

Meanwhile, the students’ group held a candle march and staged another round of protest in front of Assam Rifles Public School at the evening.

A large deployment of security personnel was seen at the spot during the protest. SDPO New Capital Complex Piya Madhuri Majumder rushed to the spot and talked with the agitating students.

When contacted, the SDPO said that the case would be sent to the Crime Branch since the issue is sensitive. She also said that the post-mortem report would be available on Friday next.