Bhubaneswar, Aug. 10 -- Days after the charred remains of a 19-year-old female college student were retrieved from her house in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police today solved the case by arresting the victim's ex-boyfriend on the charge of mentally and sexually harassing and driving her to commit self-immolation.
The shocking incident took place in Kathiapada village in Pattamundai (Rural) police station area on August 6 as the victim allegedly immolated herself at her house following her former boyfriend's threat to upload her intimate photographs on social media.
The accused, Pramod Behera, named in the FIR lodged by the victim's father has been arrested.
He abetted the crime as he blackmailed the victim through obscene video clips...