US EditionOdisha College Girl Death: Flames of Protest Singe the System
BALASORE DISTRICT, ODISHA, JUL 17 – Odisha Crime Branch questioned the sole eyewitness who suffered burns trying to save the student amid a statewide bandh demanding justice for alleged sexual harassment victims.
- Questioning key eyewitness Jyotiprakash Biswal, the Crime Branch advanced its probe on Thursday at SCB Medical College and Hospital.
- She set herself on fire on July 12 due to alleged harassment by Samira Kumar Sahoo, and died on July 14 at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
- Official sources said the Crime Branch recorded the eyewitness's statement after Jyotiprakash Biswal, who suffered 15% burns, gave his testimony.
- The bandh halted normal life across Odisha as shops and schools shut, with protesters burning tyres and staging pickets demanding justice.
- Investigators aim to reconstruct the sequence of events on July 12, as DSP Iman Kalyan Nayak led a team to Fakir Mohan College, questioning Jyotiprakash Biswal for over an hour.
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