Cuttack: A +2 student was killed in Cuttack on Sunday after he came in contact with multicolour colour-changing string lights. The deceased has been identified as Biswaprakash Manthan (17), a native of Jagatsinghpur district and studying in Plus II at Saraswati Sishu Mandir in Tulsipur, Cuttack.
He was rushed to the trauma care center set up in the Baliyatra ground, for resuscitation. Later, he was shifted to the SCB Medical College & Hospital, for super specialty care. However, he was declared dead by the doctors.
According to reports, there was confusion about the victim. While the school representatives maintained that he was taken to hospital by his brother, doctors at SCB Medical College and Hospital said a friend accompanied him in a police van after the mishap.
