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2 student leaders arrested on abetment of suicide charges
2 student leaders arrested on abetment of suicide charges

Hans India

time3 days ago

  • Hans India

2 student leaders arrested on abetment of suicide charges

Balasore: Two student leaders, who shot the video of the 20-year-old woman setting herself on fire at a college in Balasore district, were arrested on Monday on abetment of suicide charges. Those arrested were identified as Subhra Sambit Nayak and Jyoti Prakash Biswal, a student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, where the woman studied. Biswal was initially hailed for trying to save the woman, who set herself on fire on July 12 over alleged inaction on her sexual harassment complaint against a professor. He had also suffered burn injuries while trying to douse the blaze. The duo was arrested on Sunday night and booked under BNS Section 108 (abetment of suicide) and 61(2) (a) (criminal conspiracy), police said. They knew about the woman's plan of self-immolation and filmed the video of it, which went viral on social media, an officer of the Crime Branch said. Biswal was recently discharged from SCB Medical College and Hospital after recovering from burn injuries. The State government had praised him for his 'heroic' attempt to save the woman. 'Yes, initially it was believed that Biswal attempted to save the burning woman. But, during the investigation, it came to the fore that he was aware of the woman's plan and filmed the self-immolation attempt on his mobile phone. In the process, he sustained burn injuries,' the officer said. Biswal and Nayak were produced before a court, which remanded them in judicial custody for 14 days. The woman, who sustained 95 per cent burn injuries, had died on July 14 while undergoing treatment at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. She allegedly poured petrol and set herself on fire, claiming that the college authorities were not taking any action against the Head of Department (HoD) of the integrated course, who allegedly sought sexual favours from her. The HoD, Samira Kumar Sahoo, and the college's principal, Dillip Ghose, were earlier arrested on abetment of suicide charges. With the fresh arrests, the number of persons in custody rose to four. Following the arrests, the Opposition BJD alleged that the woman was forced to take her life by ABVP members. 'This is evident from the arrest of Subhra Sambit Nayak, who is the State Joint Secretary of ABVP,' BJD MLA Goutam Buddha Das said, addressing a press conference. The BJD students' wing leader, Ipsita Sahoo, claimed, 'Jyoti Prakash Biswal, the so-called saviour of the woman, also belongs to ABVP. There was a conspiracy, and the woman was a victim of it.' The ABVP was not immediately available for comment.

Odisha self-immolation case: Crime Branch of Odisha police arrests two persons linked to the death
Odisha self-immolation case: Crime Branch of Odisha police arrests two persons linked to the death

The Hindu

time4 days ago

  • Politics
  • The Hindu

Odisha self-immolation case: Crime Branch of Odisha police arrests two persons linked to the death

The Crime Branch of Odisha police has arrested two persons linked to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in connection with a student's self-immolation on the campus of F.M. Autonomous College, Balasore, leading to her death last month. Crime Branch, which was tasked with the investigation into death that sparked nationwide uproar over girl's suicide, had picked up Subhra Sambit Nayak, ABVP's State Joint Secretary and Jyotiprakash Biswal, who sustained injuries while rescuing the girl, late night of Sunday. The 20-year-old girl had accused her teacher Samira Sahoo of harassing her. However, her repeated grievances had not been redressed. She had finally set herself on fire after rushing out from office of Principal on July 12. Two days after, with 95% burn injuries, she died in AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. Earlier in several video footages, Subhra Sambit Nayak, who had graduated from college, was seen arguing with principal on behalf of the deceased girl and demanded auctioned against the accused teacher. Both accused were produced before local court and were remanded to 14 days of judicial custody. During investigation, Crime Branch officials had questioned students, teachers, parents and journalists and examined video evidences during past several weeks. Some more arrests are likely to be made in the case. A few persons linked to National Students' Union of India, student wing of Congress, may also come in the ambit of probe as they had posted remarks on the girl on social media sites. The self-immolation by girl had raised serious questions about existence of functional internal complaint committees mandated under Internal Committee mandated under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH) and the University Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2015. Following girl's suicide, Opposition political parties had cornered the Mohan Majhi Government over the issue of safety of women in the State. The State government had subsequently in series of directions ordered to come up with internal complaint committees in all educational institutes. (Those in distress or having suicidal thoughts are encouraged to seek help and counselling by calling the helpline numbers here)

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