Overview
- Police said the second-year undergraduate sustained about 90% burns and is in a highly critical condition at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in Rourkela.
- The incident occurred Friday night in the Lanjiberna area of Sundergarh’s Rajgangpur block while family members were asleep, according to reports.
- Sundergarh SP Amritpal Kaur said a 25-year-old man has been arrested, with a preliminary probe indicating he was harassing the student.
- Officers recorded the victim’s statement at the hospital as investigators examine the circumstances, and the mother reported a threatening phone call before the act.
- The Sundergarh case follows July–August incidents in Balasore, Puri, Kendrapara, and Bargarh, including one that led to the jailing of a professor and a principal on abetment charges.