A fast food vendor Ramesh Sahu was allegedly stabbed to death following a minor road accident at Durgabazar last evening.
Sahu was rushed to SCB Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the police said.
City DCP S Praveen Kumar and several senior police officers have been keeping a close watch of the situation as locals held an agitation following the incident.
Adequate police personnel were deployed in the area, they said.