Death of Majid Ansari: College students protest demanding arrest of accused

Kolkata: There was tension in Cooch Bihar following demonstrations led by students demanding arrest of those involved in the killing of Majid Ansari, a second year student.

Ansari, who was injured after miscreants fired at him from a point blank range on July 13, died in a private nursing home in Siliguri on Wednesday night.

Ansari (21) was a second year college student and had protested against the collection of money by some students assuring admission. He along with some of his friends had put up posters inside the college campus asking the freshers not to pay anything extra.

When he was returning home on July 13, the miscreants came in two motor cycles and fired shots at him. They rode off leaving him on the road in a pool of blood. Majid was admitted to a private nursing home and the doctors was thinking of taking him to Delhi in an air ambulance. The students took out processions as soon as Majid's mortal frame reached his house on Thursday afternoon.

The students said the police did not arrest the main accused following pressure from some political bigwigs.

Describing the incident as "most unfortunate", Rabindranath Ghosh, state minister for North Bengal development said those involved in the incident will be arrested and no one will be spared.