Overview

• The 20-year-old B.Ed student set herself on fire outside the principal’s office on July 12 after alleging inaction on her sexual harassment complaint, suffering 90–95% burns.
• She was declared clinically dead at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on July 14 despite intensive care, including renal replacement therapy in the burns ICU.
• Assistant professor Samir Kumar Sahu and principal Dilip Kumar Ghosh have been arrested and are in judicial custody on charges including abetment to suicide.
• The National Human Rights Commission and National Commission for Women have taken cognisance as the Crime Against Women and Children Wing of Odisha Police leads a specialized investigation.
• Opposition parties, led by Congress and BJD, have announced a statewide bandh on July 17 to demand justice and hold institutions accountable.