Agartala: Police in North Tripura have arrested three individuals in connection with the suicide of delivery boy Prasenjit Sarkar.

The accused were taken into custody from Assam’s Sribhumi district, previously known as Karimganj, following continuous protests and mounting pressure from civil society groups.

The arrested have been identified as Sushmita Bhattacharjee, Sangeeta Bhattacharjee, and Sourav Bhattacharjee.

Police said the arrests were made late Wednesday night during a special operation based on specific intelligence inputs. Two other individuals linked to the case remain at large, and efforts to trace them have been intensified.

Senior police officials stated that the three accused were brought to North Tripura under tight security and presented before a local court, which remanded them to 14 days of judicial custody.

A large number of people gathered outside the court premises during the proceedings, prompting the deployment of additional police personnel to maintain law and order.

The death of Prasenjit Sarkar had triggered widespread public outrage across the district, with several organisations and local residents staging continuous demonstrations demanding swift arrests and strict punishment for those responsible.

Protesters have maintained that justice will only be served once all those involved in the incident are brought to book.

Police said the investigation is being conducted on multiple fronts to establish the full sequence of events leading to Sarkar’s death.

Raids are being carried out at several locations to apprehend the remaining accused, and authorities expressed confidence that they will be arrested soon.

According to reports, Prasenjit Sarkar was found hanging near his home a day after being publicly humiliated by a group of people at his workplace.

He had allegedly refused to deliver goods ordered by one of the accused. In response, a group confronted him and humiliated him publicly.

One of the accused even slapped him, and the entire incident was captured on video and later circulated on social media platforms.

The following day, Sarkar committed suicide. Since news of his death spread, large numbers of young people have participated in protests, demanding stringent action against those involved in the abetment of suicide.

The police promptly registered a case and began the investigation, eventually leading to the arrests in Assam.

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