India, Aug. 10 -- The Nabarangpur district unit of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today called for a 12-hour bandh in Raighar on Monday to protest the death of a female B.Sc. Nursing student who allegedly took her own life following harassment.

The bandh will be observed from 6 AM to 6 PM on Monday, with the party demanding compensation for the family of the deceased, identified as Kalpana Ray from Dumurimunda village in Nabarangpur district.

Kalpana, a second-year B.Sc. Nursing student in Jeypore, reportedly consumed pesticide on July 17 after repeated harassment by a youth, Satyajit Sarkar, from a neighbouring village. Satyajit was allegedly in a one-sided affair with her and had been troubling her on multiple occasions.

On July 13, while...