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Hans India
a day ago
- Hans India
CB team visits FM College, meets eyewitness
Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police recorded the statement of a person who suffered burn injuries while trying to save a 20-year-old student who died after immolating herself over alleged sexual harassment. The Crime Branch on Wednesday took over the investigation into the death of the student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore. Two officers of the Crime Branch visited SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where Jyotiranjan Biswal, who was injured in his bid to save the student, is undergoing treatment. He is the lone available eyewitness who would be able to throw light on what actually happened on the college campus on July 12 when the woman set herself on fire. She died while undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday night. While the woman student suffered 95 per cent burn injuries, Biswal suffered 15 per cent burn injuries. The Crime Branch officials asked Jyotiprakash about the sequence of events, whether she poured petrol on her or somebody poured or supplied the inflammable to the student, sources said. 'This question is vital as the deceased student's mother alleged that she doubts someone else set her daughter on fire,' an official said. The team also spoke to Biswal's treating doctors at the Burn and Plastic Surgery Department of the hospital. Meanwhile, a Crime Branch team, led by DSP Iman Kalyan Nayak, also visited the college in Balasore as part of the ongoing investigation into the incident. 'We have taken over the case from Sahadevkhunta police station in Balasore. The Crime Branch is verifying the investigation conducted by the district police. We are collecting information from the ground level,' Nayak told reporters. Earlier, Balasore Police arrested two persons -- Samir Kumar Sahoo, suspended Head of the Education department, and Dillip Ghose, suspended Principal of the college. They have been charged with abetment of suicide, sexual harassment, stalking and insulting the modesty of a woman. Also, the three-member high-level committee of the Higher Education department has issued a notice to the college principal and the members of the Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) for examination on the campus on Friday. The committee had earlier interrogated the then college principal Dillip Ghose, who was subsequently arrested. In another development,the Balasore Police registered a case against five persons at Bhograi police station based on an allegation of cyber harassment of the victim's family. The complaint was lodged by the brother of the deceased woman. Her brother, in his complaint, had alleged that five persons of the locality had been mentally harassing the family members by posting objectionable remarks on the family and even against the deceased woman on social media. 'This was a mental torture for us when we are passing through the worst period after her death,' the brother wrote in the complaint. The police have booked the five persons under Section 238 (causing disappearance of evidence), 253 (2) (making, publishing, or circulating false statements), 356 (2) (defamation) and 61 (2) (criminal conspiracy) of BNS.
News18
5 days ago
- News18
Odisha Student Suicide: Principal Ignored Internal Committee's Sexual Harassment Report
Fakir Mohan College Principal Dillip Ghose is accused of having deliberately ignored the Internal Committee report based on a 22-year-old student's complaint of sexual harassment. Odisha Student Suicide: In a new twist in the case of an Odisha student, who died after self-immolating due to a lack of action on her sexual harassment complaint, it has now been revealed that the principal of her college had ignored a report which warned of inappropriate behaviour by the Head of Department (HoD). The 22-year-old student from Balasore, who studied at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, attempted self-immolation over inaction by the college administration on her sexual harassment complaint against the head of her department. She was admitted to AIIMS Delhi after being referred from the Balasore District Headquarters, but succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday. The principal of the college, Dillip Ghose, was arrested on Monday in connection with the case. According to reports, Ghose deliberately ignored a report by the college's Internal Complaint Committee (ICC), which conducted an inquiry after the student's complaint and found that the conduct of the HOD, Sameer Sahoo, was inappropriate. The committee had recommended Sahoo's immediate removal from the HoD position, suggesting that such action could have prevented the tragic outcome. The report was submitted to Ghose, but no action was taken. Instead, the principal allegedly tried to shield the accused and even attempted to reinstate him. would be forced to die by suicide if the college failed to respond to her plea for justice. Despite the gravity of the allegation and the student's desperate warning, no action was reportedly taken against the accused, and the student set herself on fire outside the principal's office. The inaction by college authorities raised serious questions on the principal's role in the case, as he allegedly influenced the investigation in favour of the accused. ICC member Minati Siri said that the victim would have been satisfied had proper action been taken. Meanwhile, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced an ex gratia of Rs 20 lakh for the family of the college student and directed officers concerned to conduct a proper investigation into the incident. view comments First Published: July 15, 2025, 22:05 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
