Overview
- Investigators say engineering student Baren Rautray was intercepted near Acharya Harihar College Square and fatally run over in what police call a planned attack that happened Friday night.
- Police allege suspects tracked Rautray, assaulted him with blunt objects during the confrontation, and then used an SUV to run him over, turning an initial hit-and-run report into a murder probe.
- Authorities have seized a Mahindra Thar or similar SUV and a scooter believed used in the incident and have detained or arrested multiple people as the probe continues.
- Reports vary on the exact number held, with statements citing five detained in some accounts and six arrested in others, and police naming 23-year-old Suraj Biswakarma as a key accused.
- The victim’s family have described shock and grief, police say inquiries are ongoing to identify all participants and sequence of events, and the case has spurred wider alarm about youth violence in Bhubaneswar.