The dawn-to-dusk hartal call given by the BJP partially affected life at the victim’s home district Kendrapada.
All the business establishments in the township remained open during the hartal, but rail and road traffic was brought to a grinding halt as the agitators staged road blockades at Tinimuhani chowk on the entrance of the town and also at Duhuria on the Paradip-Daitary Expressway. The commuters faced problems as the plying of vehicles went off the roads during the hartal.