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Rourkela: Tension ran high at Ring Road of the Steel City on Sunday as angry locals attacked police personnel following death of two persons including a college student in a road accident.
One Manish Kumar Jaiswal, a Plus Two student of Ispat Autonomous College and a 60-year-old man were killed after a car hit them at Saw Meal Chowk yesterday evening.
Demanding immediate arrest of the accused, hundreds of locals along with the students of the college staged a demonstration at Ring Road this morning. They blocked the road by burning tyres.
When police, after getting information went to the spot to clear the route, the irritated locals attacked the cops by pelting stones at them in which one police official was injured. The mob also vented its ire on two police vehicles by vandalizing them.
Heavy police force have been deployed on the spot to control the situation. Rourkela SP Uma Shankar Dash is also on the spot.
Ms Kalinga