New Delhi: Tension continues in Islampur in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal even three days after two students died in firing by unidentified persons. Relatives of victims refused to cremate their bodies until the state government ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The bodies of Rajesh Sarkar, 19, and Tapas Barman, 21, were buried at a local ground after being handed over to the families on Saturday. Family members said they did not cremate them because they wanted to preserve the bodies for the CBI to investigate properly how they died in the firing.

Sarkar and Barman, both ex-students, sustained bullet injuries during an agitation at the premises of Darivit High School on Thursday. Sarkar died on the spot, while Barman succumbed to his injuries on Friday.

“The bodies will remain buried for the CBI to get a chance of investigating the wounds. If we cremate, there will be no proofs left,” said Nilkamal Sarkar, Rajesh’s father.

“We will not perform the funeral rights until the case is given to CBI,” Sarkar said. Villagers of Darivit are keeping round-the-clock vigil at the area where the bodies of the two students are buried.

“We have no faith in the state police. They will try to suppress the real facts because they know they are the culprits. We will agree to nothing less than CBI probe and until then, the bodies will remain buries,” said Ujjwal Barman, Tapas’s father.

While the family members, as well as the Bengal units of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Akhil Bharat Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have alleged the police shot them dead, district superintendent of police for North Dinajpur, Sumit Kumar, has denied the police opened fire.