bhubaneswar an mpharma student paid with his life for protesting the alleged hooliganism of some unruly people the student was allegedly stabbed him to death near chintamaneswar pond at laxmisagar here on monday the deceased was identified as manmohan pradhan 23 of delang in puri district eight persons said to be the goons of a builder allegedly chased pradhan and killed him in the crowded residential area in the evening pradhan was in the city to meet his friend laxmi narayan rout also an mpharma student whom the accused had beaten up earlier in the day rout and the accused who were staying in a rented house at laxmisagar locked horns after the former reportedly complained of their drug addiction to the landlord leading to the scuffle the landlord asked the accused to vacate the house next month suspecting that rout instigated the house owner against them the accused manhandled him rout called up pradhan and told him about the scuffle with his cotenants pradhan reached in the evening an altercation took place between the accused and pradhan they beat him injuring him badly pradhan died in capital hospital said commissioner of police r p sharma we are verifying whether the accused used any sharpedged weapons the accused have been identified sharma added police were interrogating house owner m n behera to get details about his tenants who are on the run behera surprisingly feigned ignorance about the background and address of the tenants i gave rent to three people of a real estate company last month some of his friends often came to meet him behera said locals urged police to make it mandatory for landlords to verify the antecedents of tenants before renting their houses