Overview
- Police say a Class 9 student at KISS was assaulted in a hostel washroom and strangled over a trivial dispute, not injured in an accidental fall.
- The post-mortem noted external neck injuries consistent with ligature compression, and investigators are treating the case as murder.
- Three juvenile classmates were detained, produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, and sent to a correctional facility.
- Eight KISS employees, including senior administrators and teachers, were arrested on charges of suppressing information, intimidating witnesses, destroying evidence and harbouring the accused.
- Officers questioned KIMS medical staff after the body was handed to the family without an initial post-mortem, a Zero FIR moved the case to Bhubaneswar, and NCST issued notices and began its probe.