Overview

• A 19-year-old engineering student filed a complaint on July 20 alleging that Udit Pradhan spiked her soft drink with sedatives and raped her in a Nayapalli hotel on March 18
• Mancheswar Police registered an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including rape and criminal intimidation and arrested Pradhan late on July 21
• NSUI national president Varun Choudhary immediately suspended Pradhan from his Odisha post pending the outcome of the investigation
• Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee formed a six-member fact-finding panel led by Sasmita Behera to examine the allegations and collect evidence
• Investigators are analysing CCTV footage, hotel booking records and witness statements as the police probe advances