Two students of a city-based private engineering college were killed in a road accident on the outskirts of the city on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Nitish Kumar (22) and Manish Kumar Singh (22). Both were fourth year students in the Mechanical branch of CV Raman Engineering College under the Tamando police limits.
According to reports, the students, who were on their way to Bhubaneswar, died on the spot when their bike had a head-on collision with a speeding Indica car near Jaanla. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident and police was not avialable for comment.