Kendrapara Self-Immolation Victim's Body Consigned to Flames, ASI Shifted on Father’s Allegation

Prime accused in Pattamundai student's death arrested in Chennai

Kendrapara, Aug 8: In a major development, police have arrested the prime suspect in the death of a 20-year-old Pattamundai college student. The accused, identified as Pramod Behera, was apprehended in Chennai and is being brought to Kendrapara for further investigation. Behera, a resident of Teroi village in Kendrapara's Bilikana panchayat, was a male friend of the deceased. The victim, a final-year Plus-III student at Pattamundai College, died…

Kendrapara self-immolation victim's body consigned to flames, ASI shifted on father’s allegation

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara, Aug 7 (PTI) The mortal remains of the 19-year-old female college student of Odisha's Kendrapara were consigned to flames on Thursday, as the police authorities transferred an ASI accused of refusing to register her FIR six months ago.The woman, allegedly a victim of blackmail by her ex-boyfriend, set herself on fire and died in her house in Kendrapara on Wednesday. Her father had complained that her FIR against the ex-bo…

Odisha: BJD Demands Crime Branch Probe into Pattamundai Self-Immolation Case

Bhubaneswar: Odisha opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday demanded a Crime Branch probe into the self-immolation death of a girl at Kathiapada village under Pattamundai Rural police station limits in Kendrapara district. Senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deb, during a press conference on Thursday, alleged that the Pattamundai incident exposed the negligence and incompetence of the district police administration. “We came to know that the v…