Overview

• Shankar Patra posed as an LPG cylinder mechanic to enter the assistant professor’s quarters under the pretext of checking the gas supply.
• The professor’s wife escaped to another room, called her husband and raised the alarm by screaming for help.
• Security staff at the campus housing gates overpowered Patra and handed him over to officers from Remuna police station.
• Patra, who faces charges of attempted rape and criminal trespass, remains in custody at the Remuna police station.
• Odisha government records show an eight percent rise in reported rape cases in 2024, intensifying activists’ demands for enhanced campus protections.