Sambalpur: Student dies in Bus Collision; 5 hours on the road with the dead body

Sambalpur: In the city of Sambalpur, there was tension on the second day due to the death of a minor student under the pressure of a tourist bus. After the postmortem, there was a commotion after the family members handed over the dead body. Even the police stopped people while taking the dead body to the roadside demanding compensation. A situation of tension arose between the people and the police.

According to the information, Arun Nayak’s son Dishant Nayak (Ronak-13) of Gurudwara Chowk, Sambalpur was studying in the 9th standard at the Central School. He was going from Mudipada to Kunjelpada on a Scooty at around 7:00 pm yesterday, when the bus hit him from behind in front of the Mudipada regional directorate of education office. Ronak died on the spot. While destroying the bus, the police arrived and stopped it. To bring the situation under control, the police lathi-charged the people and confiscated the bus. Police picked up 12 people in the for the incident.

Fighting between the Police and the People

After the post-mortem on Thursday, Ronak’s body was taken to Gurdwara Basti to be handed over to the family members. The protestors set out to block the road by placing the dead body on Mudipada Chowk, demanding compensation and the release of those detained by the police, but the police stopped them on the way. Started fighting between The police and the people when the people carrying the body on their shoulders. For some time, people were trying to move forward with the body, but the police used full force to stop them. From the Additional SP to the Sadar, SDPO, everyone joined forces to push back the body bearers. Many men and women sat on the road 50 meters away from Mudipada Chowk demanding compensation of Rs 50 lakh, release of 12 detained persons, and restrictions on the entry of big or heavy vehicles into the city. Additional SP Haresh Pandey promised, that we will check the detained people release them and collaborate on potential compensation arrangements also restrictions on the entry of big or heavy vehicles into the city, then later at 4 pm, the roadblock was removed. After that, the body was taken to Rajghat and cremated. According to the information on Wednesday evening, Ronak was riding a scooty when a tourist bus hit him and injured him some distance. Ronak died on the spot. After this incident, there was intense tension in different parts of the city. The situation calmed down after the police lathi-charge.