India, Dec. 17 -- The Commissionerate Police in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday claimed that the class IX student at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneswar was strangulated to death by three of his classmates over spilled dal.

The student from Tikargumura village in Keonjhar Town, died on Friday under mysterious circumstances after being admitted to KIMS Medical College and Hospital in Bhubaneswar. His family later staged a demonstration with the body outside the Keonjhar Collectorate, alleging that the institute authorities concealed facts and failed to provide medical records explaining the cause of death.

The boy's father, Raghunath Munda in his first information report (FIR) alleged that the college authorities cont...