Bhubaneswar, Dec. 21 -- The investigation into the murder of a tribal student at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneswar is set to take a crucial turn, with police reportedly preparing to question doctors from Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) amid serious allegations of a cover-up and procedural lapses.

According to sources familiar with the probe, the student was allegedly strangled to death, but the cause of death was reportedly declared as cardiac arrest following diarrhoea. The claim has sparked widespread outrage, particularly over the fact that no post-mortem examination was conducted, a lapse that investigators are now closely examining.

Sources said the doctor concerned had allegedly attributed the...