New Delhi: The tragic death of Soumya Sridhar, a 20-year-old B.Ed student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, Odisha, has sent shockwaves through the state and sparked widespread outrage. Sridhar succumbed to her injuries after setting herself on fire on campus, following repeated allegations of sexual harassment by Samir Kumar Sahu, head of the education department at her college.

Her desperate act highlights a systemic failure to address sexual harassment complaints within educational institutions. Despite repeated pleas to college authorities, her complaints remained unaddressed. Further compounding the tragedy, both Sridhar herself and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of........

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