Various students' organizations today staged demonstration at Chhatrapur, the district headquarters town, demanding immediate arrest of those involved in murder of a student of Sahid Bhagat Singh College, Khandadeuli.
The girl's body was found on August 3, a day after she went missing from the village. The student bodies suspected that the girl was raped before being killed by miscreants.
A seven-member students delegation met district collector Prem Chandra Chaudhary and submitted a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. They demanded arrest of the accused persons and compensation to her guardians.
Body of the 17-year-old girl of Umaridharmasaranapur was found in the village where she lived with the family of her uncle. Her parents had died.
"We suspect the girl was raped by the miscreants and they stoned her to death to erase evidence. Injury marks were in her heads. Even though 11 days have passed since the incident, police failed to make any breakthrough," said SFI state general secretary Sarat Das and AISF secretary Nilakantha Das.
The student leaders also threaten to launch agitation across Ganjam district over the issue, if the culprits were not arrested soon.
