Sonowal orders probe into deaths of Mizo students

Guwahati: Sensation prevailed in the city following recovery of bodies of two students from Mizoram in the city on Sunday morning even as Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday ordered an inquiry into the death of two students who were studying at Down Town University in the city.  The bodies of the students,  R Lalmalsawma, a student of Physiotherapy and C. Lalhmangaihsanga, a student of Dialysis course, were found near railway crossing at Panikhaiti area at the outskirt of Guwahati city.  Ajay Sankar Tiwari, Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam, Education Department has been directed to conduct a detailed inquiry to find out the cause of death of the two students. Meanwhile, Sonowal talked to his Mizoram counterpart Lal Thanhawla and expressed his condolence on the death of the two students. Sonowal also assured the Mizoram Chief Minister 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. Tension gripped the state of Miozram though no reports of untoward incidence have been received from any parts of the state, police said. (With inputs from PTI)