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A 20-year-old girl student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, who set herself ablaze on campus after alleging sexual harassment by a senior faculty member, succumbed to her injuries late on July 14 at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

Her death has sparked widespread outrage, arrests of top college officials, and high-level interventions by the state. However, there lies a string of allegations and claims that drove her to take the extreme step.

The sequence of events began on June 30, when the student reportedly met the college principal, Dillip Ghosh, inside his chamber to formally raise allegations of sexual harassment against ...