Bhubaneswar, Aug. 7 -- A 19-year-old woman of Kendrapara district in Odisha studying in final year undergraduate programme on Wednesday died by self-immolation amid allegations of police inaction on her complaint of blackmail by a male friend. The woman, a final year undergraduate student of Pattamundai College, set herself ablaze after pouring kerosene on her in their house on Wednesday morning when her parents were away. She succumbed to severe burn injuries in a local hospital. Police said a man named Litu of Terohi village under Pattamundai Rural police station who was in a relationship with the woman allegedly kept some photos of her and had been blackmailing her regularly. The woman's father alleged that her friend was blackmailing he...