Balasore, July 14 -- The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed the Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) to conduct a fair and time-bound investigation into the attempted self-immolation of a college girl in Balasore.
The NCW has also sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) within three days.
NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar took cognisance of the incident, in which a 20-year-old student of Fakir Mohan (FM) Autonomous College allegedly set herself ablaze after facing sexual harassment and academic threats from the Head of the B.Ed department.
The victim, identified as Soumyashree Bisi, a second-year integrated B.Ed student, suffered 90 per cent burns and is currently in critical condition at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. She was initially ...