GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asked his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to transfer the case regarding the death of Kharagpur IIT student Faizan Ahmed to the CBI in the interest of “transparent investigation”.
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Faizan Ahmed, who died on October 14, 2022, hailed from Tinsukia in Assam. Initial reports had attributed the death to suicide.
In a letter to Banerjee on June 17, Sarma recalled that the Calcutta High Court had ordered a second autopsy, which was conducted by exhuming Faizan's body. The new forensic report revealed a gunshot wound on the upper left side of his neck and a stab wound on the right side, contradicting the initial suicide claims.
“In view of the shocking findings of the latest forensic report, it is imperative that the perpetrators of the horrific crime as well as any other person involved in concealing the crime, are brought to book, thereby ensuring justice to the deceased and closure to the grief stricken parents. I, therefore, request you to kindly hand over the case to the CBI for a transparent and fair investigation of the crime,” Sarma wrote.
Ahmed was found dead in his hostel room. While the college initially deemed his death a suicide, Faizan's parents observed injury marks on his body, suggesting foul play.
Sarma had earlier written to the West Bengal Chief Minister in October 2022 asking for a thorough investigation into the unnatural death of the student after his bereaved parents had observed injury marks on his body which indicated that it was a case of homicide.
