Odisha: Protests Erupt In Balasor After Scholar Dies By Suicide Over Alleged Harassment | India Information
BJD staff staged a protest in Odisha’s Balasore district on Wednesday after a 20-year-old school pupil died by self-immolation. The coed died by suicide, allegedly as a consequence of extended sexual harassment by her instructor.
As a part of the protest, BJD staff burned tyres on roads in Balasore, expressing anger over the federal government’s alleged inaction, which they claimed had pushed the coed to take the intense step.
Following the demonstration, police used water cannons to disperse the protestors and detained a number of BJD staff concerned within the agitation.
#WATCH | Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Police use water cannon to disperse BJD staff protesting over Balasore pupil’s dying by self-immolation.
Biju Janata Dal can also be observing a Balasore bandh in protest over a Balasore pupil’s dying by self-immolation. pic.twitter.com/jDKQZzCbbq
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The 20-year-old pupil set herself on hearth after allegedly going through extended sexual harassment by her school’s Head of Division. Regardless of lodging a proper grievance and searching for assist from the principal, her pleas have been ignored, resulting in the tragic incident. The incident occurred at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) Faculty.
Earlier, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik criticised the Odisha authorities, calling their administration a “failed system” and blamed their inaction for the dying of a Balasore school pupil.
Patnaik stated that her dying “was not an accident” however a results of a system that “remained silent as a substitute of serving to”.
“It’s much more disturbing to assume how a failed system can take somebody’s life. Probably the most painful half is that this was not an accident however somewhat the results of a system that remained silent as a substitute of serving to. Struggling for justice, the lady finally closed her eyes,” Naveen Patnaik stated in a submit on X.
Emphasising the alleged inaction by the administration, Patnaik stated that the coed was ignored by the authority earlier than regardless of repeated makes an attempt to hunt assist.
“With nice braveness, she had written to the faculty principal, informing them concerning the sexual harassment she had confronted. Even after being ignored by the faculty authorities, she didn’t surrender. To hunt justice, she reached out to the Larger Schooling Minister, the Chief Minister’s workplace, and even a Union Minister. She additionally personally met the Balasore MP to share her plight,” Patnaik stated.
On Monday, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar confirmed the dying of the 20-year-old pupil from Fakir Mohan Autonomous Faculty in Odisha’s Balasore, who had tried self-immolation.
The Division of Burn Centre, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, stated in an announcement that the affected person was delivered to the casualty on July 12 and was referred from Balasore District Headquarters Hospital to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
(With ANI Inputs)
