New Delhi, July 15 -- BJP MP and former National Commission for Women (NCW) chief, Rekha Sharma, on Tuesday called the Balasore student's death a serious matter and blamed the college for not acting on her complaint.

Earlier in the day, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar confirmed the death of the 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Odisha's Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation in protest over sexual harassment by her teacher.

Responding to Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the BJP, Sharma urged Gandhi to support the victim's family instead of politicising the matter. She also questioned the Congress party's silence on crimes against women in West Bengal and Congress-ruled states.

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