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Sensation prevails after the suspected murder of a 21-year-old college student at Agartala.

The student has been identified as Dipankar Paul, a resident of Shantipara area in the state capital.

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Sources said, โ€œThis morning, the residents of Ramnagar Road saw an unknown body on the roadside. They immediately called the police.โ€

Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Anirban Das along with a team of police personnel rushed to the spot and recovered the body.

The police have sent the body to the GBP hospital for conducting post-mortem.

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Later the body was identified as that of Dipankar Paul.

โ€œHe was a college student and a resident of the Shantipara area of Agartala. He was missing since last evening,โ€ sources said.

On Wednesday, Dipankar went out of his home with his bike but did not return home at night.

Dipankarโ€™s parents registered a missing report at East Agartala police station on Wednesday night and in the morning on Thursday his body was found at Ramnagar Road.

โ€œHis bike was later recovered from the drain,โ€ said sources.

SDPO Das said, โ€œThere was an injury mark on the left side of the deceasedโ€™s head.โ€

The police suspect it to be a case of murder and have started an investigation.

On Wednesday, the body of a middle-aged man was recovered at Agartala and on Tuesday, the body of a village head was recovered at Shantirbazar of Tripura.

In the last three days, three bodies have been recovered from three different locations in Tripura.