Overview

• Jayakrushna Jena, a Class VIII student and son of farmer Santosh Jena, was found hanging in his home bathroom on Monday evening in Guhalipada village.
• He and friends had planned to carry holy water to a Shiva temple in Puri for the Kanwar Yatra before his father refused permission.
• Family members discovered him after he failed to emerge and rushed him to Basta hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
• Police performed a post-mortem at Basta hospital, registered a case under Singla police limits and are probing the circumstances of his death.
• Local media note this incident follows a series of adolescent suicides in the region tied to family disputes and disciplinary or digital pressures.