Following the death of two of their colleagues in a road accident on Wednesday, hundreds of teachers protested in front of the office Block Education Officer in Gohpur on Thursday, complaining about the excessive workload. Debajit Kakati and Debajit Sharma, two TET teachers, were killed during a road accident at Solengi in Gohpur, on National Highway 15 on Wednesday evening, said reports.

The two teachers were said to have been working as Block Resource Persons (BRP) and Cluster Resource Centre Coordinators (CRCC) respectively. It was in the evening that the accident happened as they were reportedly travelling home on a motorcycle after finishing their office work.