Tension prevailed at Garposh village in the district on Sunday after locals called for a bandh protesting the ragging of a student, Shreyas Kesharwani, that led to his death on Saturday.
The student was earlier allegedly subjected to ragging by his friends at the hostel of a college at Visakhapatnam.
Protesting the incident, Shreyas’ villagers staged a demonstration at Garposh and demanded exemplary action against the accused.
The locals also demanded stringent action against the college authorities and a compensation of `1 crore to family of the student. The agitators had also staged a rail roko to press for their demands.
Meanwhile, a Zero FIR was registered at Garposh police outpost based on the allegations of Shreyas’ father.
The agitators have called off the demonstration and rail roko after receiving the assurance that immediate and stringent action will be taken on the case, informed Kuchinda SDPO Amitabh Panda.
The body of Shreyas has been sent for cremation, said the SDPO, adding that the case will be transferred to the concerned police station in Visakhapatnam, under whose jurisdiction the incident occurred.
The student Shreyas was beaten up by three to four students of Sri Chaitanya College at Visakhapatnam, the family members alleged. The incident occurred on December 26. Shreyas was beaten inside Prashanti boys’ hostel and badly injured.
Though he brought the ragging incident to the notice of the college authorities, they allegedly did not take any steps in this regard. Unable to get any help from the college administration, he informed his family members who brought him back to Rourkela for treatment.