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Assam CM orders probe into death of two Mizo students

| | May 30, 2017, at 02:27 am
Guwahati, May 29 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday ordered an enquiry into the death of two students from Mizoram who were studying at Down Town University in Guwahati.

The dead bodies of the students were found near railway crossing at Panikhaiti area on Sunday morning.

Sonowal directed the Assam Education department Principal Secretary Ajay Sankar Tiwari to conduct a detailed enquiry to find out the cause of death of the two students.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sonowal spoke to his Mizoram counterpart Lal Thanhawla and expressed his condolence on the death of the two students.

Sonowal also assured his Mizoram counterpart that a high level enquiry into the death of the students would be carried out and cause of their death would be brought to light.

Guwahati city police said that, the victims were identified as Lalhmangaihsanga and Lalmalsawma and they were studying two years diploma course in technician and physiotherapy at Assam Downtown University.

According to the reports, the victims were studying at the university under the sponsorship of NERLP.

Local people believed that, both students have struck to death by train.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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