Islampur deaths: Headmaster, asst headmaster of Daribhit High

The West Bengal government on Friday suspended the headmaster and assistant headmaster of North Dinajpur's Daribhit High School, which has remained shut since the death of two students in a firing on September 20, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said.

The school management committee has been "disbanded" and an administrator recruited to start the normal functioning of the school, he said.

"Headmaster Abhijit Kundu and deputy headmaster Nurul Huda were called to the education department on Thursday as their reply was not satisfactory about their roles in tackling the situation on September 20. They have been suspended and issued a show-cause notice," Chatterjee told reporters here.

He, however, clarified that Kundu and Huda might be reinstated if their showcause reply was found to be "acceptable and satisfactory".

Trouble broke out on September 20 at Daribhit High School premises, in Islampur, over the recruitment of Urdu and Sanskrit teachers as a mob clashed with the police and blocked roads. Two students - Tapas Barman and Rajesh Sarkar - were killed in the clash.

Attempts to re-open the school have failed in the past 1.5 months as the families of the deceased students resorted to a sit-in protest outside the school, demanding a CBI inquiry into the case