US EditionOdisha Shocker: Student Sets Herself on Fire over Sexual Harassment by Teacher
BALASORE, ODISHA, JUL 12 – The student suffered 95% burns after filing complaints ignored for a week; both the accused teacher and principal were suspended, officials said.
- On July 12, 2025, a female undergraduate student set herself on fire at Fakir Mohan Autonomous College campus in Balasore, Odisha.
- The self-immolation followed her unresolved sexual harassment complaint against assistant professor Samir Kumar Sahu and inaction by college authorities and police.
- The student, who had organized a week-long demonstration calling for action, sustained severe burns covering more than 90% of her body and was urgently transferred to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for treatment, while two male students also suffered burn injuries while attempting to assist her.
- Manas Dutta, the MLA from Balasore, went to the hospital and stated that the female student's health is serious, emphasizing that saving her life is the most urgent concern.
- The state government suspended the college principal and accused professor, arrested the faculty member, and formed high-level committees for further inquiry into the incident.
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Odisha student battling for life following self-immolation, says sexual assault complaint against professor went unheard
Assistant professor Samir Kumar Sahu heading the education department in Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore district was arrested while principal of the college Dilip Ghosh was placed under suspension
Odisha student sets herself on fire after sexual harassment complaint ignored
Balasore: A woman student of a college in Odisha’s Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, on Saturday allegedly set herself on fire in the educational institute campus and sustained 90 per cent burn injury, police said. Another male student, who attempted to save her, also sustained injury and both were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital here. Later, she was referred to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for …
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