Tension gripped Odisha after the death of a college student due to self-immolation over the issue of sexual harassment by her college professor, with the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers holding a massive protest in Balasore.
The Congress also staged a protests outside Bhubaneswar AIIMS and burned posters of CM Majhi, raising slogans and demanding justice for the victim.
As the controversy surrounding the disturbing incident refuses to subside, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati has sought a detailed report from the state government on the circumstances that led the student to take such a drastic step.
The unsavory episode, which brought to the fore unsafe campus environs for girl students in higher educational institutions, severely damaged the government’s image, keeping in view the fact that the State has witnessed a spurt in crime against women during the one-year-old BJP Government in Odisha.
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