Students on Kolkata streets demanding just probe into student leader Anis Khan’s death

Students from colleges across Kolkata protested on the city streets demanding justice for student leader Anis Khan, who was allegedly murdered in his own home in Howrah last week. Hundreds of students from Aliah University – where Anis was a former student – led protest march towards former state administrative headquarters Writers’ Buildings. They were however, stopped midway and scores of students were held by the police. Many students clashed with the police and they were forced into police vans.

Meanwhile, students of Jadavpur University and Presidency University also protested the alleged killing of the 28-year-old student leader. Various students’ organisations have been demanding a just probe into the alleged killing.

Anis’s family alleged that four persons who were wearing police uniform came looking for him, beat him up and pushed him from the upper floor of the house in Howrah’s Sarada Dakshin Khan Para village.

Anis’s father Salem Khan alleged that one of the four persons was in “police uniform” and the others were in the uniform of civic volunteers. The family has demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He also alleged that despite calling the police station, police arrived in the house after six to seven hours.

The state government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is being headed by ADG (CID) Gyanwant Singh, and who will be assisted by DIG (CID-operations) Meeraj Khalid and Joint Commissioner of Police (Barrackpore) Dhrubojyoti Dey. Two policemen were suspended and a home guard was demobilised on Tuesday following the formation of the SIT. However, the agitators have been demanding immediate arrest of the guilty.