The accused students were also suspended from the Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar for a year by the authorities of the institute in connection with the incident.
On Tuesday night, the accused students allegedly barged into the room of Biswajit Behera, a junior student, and physically assaulted him with a stick and an iron rod, leaving him critically injured.
Biswajit was rescued in a critical codnition and rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital here.
Later, Biswajit’s family members lodged a complaint at the Keonjhar Town Police Station in this connection based on which the accused students were arrested.
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