CM assures justice for late teacher Abhijit Dey’s family

Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr Manik Saha on Sunday visited the residence of the late teacher Abhijit Dey and assured the family members that the government would do everything to ensure justice.

Abhijit Dey, a teacher and a resident of Udaipur in the Gomati District, passed away on August 10 after he was brutally thrashed by some miscreants.

On Sunday, Dr Saha, along with Finance Minister Pranajit Sinha Roy, MLA Abhishek Debroy, and others, visited the residence of the late Abhijit Dey.

Speaking with the media, Dr Saha assured the family members that the government would do everything to ensure justice.

"This is really a sad incident. After I learned about the incident, I immediately directed steps to be taken. Such incidents are not acceptable. The law will take its own course of action. Arrests have also been made. This is truly a painful incident. We couldn't imagine that something like this could happen. The investigation is underway, and the culprits will not be spared. The government will do everything to ensure justice," he added.

It may be recalled here that in connection with Dey’s killing, Tripura Police so far arrested three main accused -- Jayanta Saha, Sankar Karmakar, Suman Madrazee and are looking for another attacker.

Dey, a government school teacher, used to teach a girl student in Class 8 at her home.

On August 8, the girl asked the teacher to translate an English word, he replied to the meaning of the particular word through WhatsApp chat and it was ‘misinterpreted’ by the girl and her parents, Dey’s wife said.

Later, the girl student’s father called Dey and his wife at their house. Dey was severely thrashed by the girl's father and his associates. They also assaulted the teacher’s wife, also a government school teacher.

Police went to the spot and rescued Dey and then took him to Gomati district hospital for medical treatment. The victim’s wife, who later filed a case with the police against four individuals, said that after the assault, the girl student’s family members filed a case against the teacher at the Udaipur Women’s Police Station with “false accusation”. Subsequently, the teacher was arrested and produced in a local court, where he fell ill and started vomiting blood following which he was again taken to the district hospital.

He was then referred to the government-run Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital in Agartala, where he succumbed to his injuries on August 10.

In protest against the incident, many teachers' and students' organizations organized protest rallies in various parts of Tripura.

A CPI (M) delegation led by Opposition Leader Jitendra Chaudhury and a Congress delegation led by former minister Sudip Roy Barman separately met the family members of Dey and demanded severe punishment of the culprits.

Congress and CPI (M) leaders alleged that police and doctors were also negligent in the death of Dey.