Bhubaneswar, July 15 -- BJD president Naveen Patnaik has held the Odisha government responsible for the death of Soumyashree Bisi, a 20-year-old student of Fakir Mohan (FM) Autonomous College in Balasore, who attempted self-immolation over alleged harassment and later succumbed to burn injuries at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

"She did not lose her life solely due to physical trauma but also because of the negligence of the state government, which left her alone in her struggle. The entire sequence of events reveals that this is nothing less than institutional betrayal-a planned injustice," said Patnaik in a statement on social media.

"It is even more disturbing to think how a failed system can take someone's life. The most painful part is that th...