US EditionOdisha Self-Immolation Case: Crime Branch of Odisha Police Arrests Two Persons Linked to the Death
BALASORE DISTRICT, ODISHA, AUG 4 – Two men linked to a student organization were arrested for allegedly instigating a college student to self-immolate after her sexual harassment complaint was ignored, police said.
- Crime Branch of Odisha Police arrested Jyotiprakash Biswal and Subhra Sambit Nayak late on Sunday, August 3, 2025, on charges of allegedly instigating a student's self-immolation.
- Amid dismissed harassment claims, she set herself ablaze after her complaint was not validated by the internal enquiry committee.
- Investigators noted Crime Branch officials said forensic analysis, digital evidence, and eyewitness statements linked Biswal to the events leading to the self-immolation, and he sustained burn injuries attempting to rescue the victim.
- They were produced before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Court in Balasore, where their bail petitions were rejected and they were remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.
- This development follows earlier arrests of assistant professor Samira Kumar Sahoo and former principal Dillip Ghose, with authorities warning that more arrests are likely to be made.
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Odisha student self immolation case: ABVP state leader arrested
The joint secretary of Odisha Akhil Bharatiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP) and another have been arrested on Sunday, August 3, in connection with the self-immolation case of a 20-year-old female student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore district. ABVP’s Subhra Sambit Nayak and Jyotiprakash Biswal were arrested and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody after being produced before the court. According to police, Sambit Nayak is a B.S…
ABVP leader among two arrested in Odisha student's self-immolation case
ABVP Odisha joint secretary and another person have been arrested in connection with the self-immolation of a 20-year-old student after her college failed to act on her sexual harassment complaint against a teacher.
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