Bhubaneswar, Dec. 16 -- A Plus Two second-year student was allegedly beaten to death under mysterious circumstances at Tarbha Ashram School in Odisha's Sonepur district, raising serious concerns about student safety in residential educational institutions.

According to preliminary information, the student was a resident of the ashram school and was studying in the second year of Plus Two. Though the exact cause of his death is yet to be ascertained, his family members alleged that the student was brutally assaulted, leading to his death. The motive behind the alleged attack also remains unclear at this stage.

Following the incident, the critically injured student was rushed to the local hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arriv...