Supporters of the Left Front and the Congress blocked railway tracks for almost an hour across Bengal on Thursday to protest against the death of DYFI leader Maidul Islam Middya and demand the repeal of farm laws enacted by the central government.

Bankura resident Maidul, who died on Monday, had allegedly been beaten by police during a protest march demanding jobs by Left student and youth wings on February 11 in Calcutta.

The picture shows the rail blockade at Serampore in Hooghly district.

Responding to a call by the DYFI and the SFI to stand by the family of Maidul, who was an autorickshaw driver, actor Badshah Moitra and secretary of the CPMbacked All Bengal Teachers’ Association Sukumar Pyne called on his relatives in Bankura on Thursday and extended financial help to them.