Bhubaneswar, Feb. 19 -- Tension escalated outside Madhupatna Police Station on Thursday after family members of a youth who was shot dead in Cuttack City, placed his body outside the PS and staged a protest demanding justice.

The family members, along with relatives, neighbours and other locals, placed the body of deceased Soumyaranjan Jena in front of the police station, urging authorities to take immediate action. Even as the youth was shot dead on Wednesday at Nuapada locality of Friends Colony in Cuttack City, no arrests have been made so far.

Locals expressed strong anger as the police have not yet arrested the accused, even after several hours since the fatal incident. The victim's family demanded swift arrest and strict punishmen...