AGARTALA, Sep 21 (TIWN): The recent killing of student at Bengal of Rajesh Sarkar who was killed in Police’s gun has been protested by SFI in Tripura.

A massive rally was conducted in Agartala in the afternoon led by SFI activists.

According to national media report, the students' road blockade turned into a battleground at Islampur’s Daribhita Senior Secondary School of Uttar Dinajpur district of Bengal. The protest was against the recruitment of three new teachers which the students opposed.

The students wanted a Bengali teacher but instead got Urdu teachers, so they blocked the roads in protest. Police tried to manage the situation when the students pelted stones at them, which turned the situation worse and forced the police to use rubber bullets, lathi charge and tear gas shell.

This made the students fall out of unity. In the middle of outrage, a student lost his life. Rajesh Sarkar, a student of the ITI College died from a bullet that hit him. 8 students, 3 policemen and 4 other locals have been critically injured and are admitted to the Islampur Government Hospital.

Police pickets were set up to control the agitation. The situation is under control after additional police force was deployed from Islampur police station to remove blockade from the national highway.