New Delhi: A Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) has been suspended following allegations of molestation and abuse of power against a young woman from the Northeast in the Maharani Bagh area on Saturday, September 13. The accused, identified as ASI Virandar Kumar of Ashram Police Station, allegedly entered a shop near Ashram Metro Station around...
A gangrape incident involving a minor took place in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Sunday evening. The girl was returning home after attending a birthday party for a friend. During her journey back, three individuals abducted her and transported her to a forested area located 10-15 kilometers from Malkangiri town, where they subjected her to torture...
On Tuesday, the University Grants Commission established a fact-finding committee to investigate the suicide of a 20-year-old student at a college in Balasore district, Odisha. The young woman, who self-immolated outside the principal’s office while claiming that no action was taken regarding her allegations of sexual harassment by a teacher, passed away early in the...
Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD leader Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday accused the BJP-led state government of “institutional betrayal” and “planned injustice” following the tragic death of a college student who self-immolated after allegedly facing sexual harassment and weeks of seeking assistance from authorities. The 20-year-old B.Ed. student from Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore...
A 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, Odisha, sadly passed away on July 14 at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, just three days after she set herself on fire. Medical reports indicate that she sustained nearly 95 percent burns in a desperate protest against the lack of action regarding her sexual harassment complaint against a...