The Odisha college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor died at AIIMS here, the hospital said. The second-year Integrated B.Ed student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, died on Monday night, after fighting for her life for three days. She had taken the extreme step on Saturday over alleged inaction against the professor and suffered 95 per cent burns.

Expressing grief over the student’s death, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said all culprits in the case will face the strictest punishment under the law. CM said, “I assure the family of the deceased student that all those guilty in this case will face the strictest punishment as per the law. For this, I have personally issued instructions to the authorities.” Her body was consigned to flames at a crematorium in her village in Odisha’s Balasore district on Tuesday morning.  Thousands of people thronged the crematorium ground to attend her cremation.

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