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UGC Sets Up Probe Panel After Odisha Student’s Self-Immolation Over Harassment Allegations

UGC Sets Up Probe Panel After Odisha Student’s Self-Immolation Over Harassment Allegations

New Delhi/Balasore, July 15 — The University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a four-member fact-finding panel to investigate the circumstances leading to the tragic self-immolation of a 20-year-old woman student at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Odisha’s Balasore.The second-year B Ed student, who had accused the college’s Head of Education Department, Samira Kumar Sahu, of sexual harassment, set herself ablaze on the campus on Saturday. She sustained 95% burns and succumbed to her injuries late Monday night at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after battling for her life for about 60 hours.In a statement on Tuesday, UGC Secretary Sudeep Singh Jain said:“A four-member…
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