When he said he cannot donate blood as he was under-age and under-weight, they offloaded him and assaulted him for refusing to donate blood, according to the FIR. The blood donation camp was organised as part of the BJD's blood donation drive on Friday. A 10+2 boy has alleged that he was assaulted by a group of BJD activists for refusing to donate blood. A minor boy has been assaulted allegedly by a group of ruling BJD activists for refusing to donate blood in a camp organised by a party MLA, police said on Saturday. When contacted, MLA Pravat Biswal, who organised the camp, admitted that some college students were requested to donate blood but nobody was forced nor was anyone was tortured for refusing.

Source: dna July 23, 2016 17:37 UTC