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News Topical, Digital Desk : An incident has come to light from Balasore district of Odisha, which has shaken the entire city. A student of Fakir Mohan College set herself on fire in the college campus. It is being told that she took this step due to the long-term harassment by a teacher of the college. This entire incident has also been captured in the CCTV camera installed outside the college, in which the girl is seen running in pain after getting burnt. In this case, the college principal Dilip Kumar Ghosh has been suspended.
Allegations of physical and mental abuse
The incident took place on Saturday afternoon in the FM College campus. The student is studying in the second year of Integrated B.Ed. Program. The student has accused Sameer Kumar Sahu, HOD of Integrated B.Ed. Department of the college, of physical and mental abuse. The student had complained about this abuse several times, but it was ignored.
The student was on strike, took this step when no hearing was held
The student had complained to the college administration several times before. She had also staged a protest, but no action was taken. Not only this, the student was also sitting on a dharna at the college gate for a few days. According to eyewitnesses, during the incident, the student had come alone outside the college. She had a can of kerosene with her. After some time, she poured kerosene on herself and set herself on fire. As soon as the flames rose, she started running screaming in pain.
Girl student and boy student got severely burnt
The picture of this heartbreaking incident was captured in a CCTV camera installed nearby, in which the girl student was seen running here and there wrapped in flames. To save the girl student, another student ran and tried to extinguish the fire. But the fire was so terrible that that student also got severely burnt. Both of them were immediately taken to Balasore District Hospital by the local people. From there, both of them were referred to AIIMS Bhubaneswar, as their condition was very critical.
Accused teacher in police custody
Student organizations say that if the girl's complaints had been taken seriously in time, such a big incident would not have happened. They also raised the question that why such incidents are constantly happening in educational institutions and why the administration is sitting silent?
As soon as the news of the incident spread, the Baleshwar Town police reached the college. They tried to pacify the agitated students and talked to the college administration. After this, the police have taken the accused teacher Sameer Kumar Sahu into custody and started interrogation.
principal and teacher suspended
After this incident, the accused teacher Sameer Kumar Sahu and the college principal Dilip Kumar Ghosh have been suspended. The police have also taken the accused Sameer into custody.
Principal Dilip Kumar Ghosh's statement came out
In this case, the college principal Dilip Kumar Ghosh said, "I received a complaint on the 30th. Actually, the incident started with the mid-sem exams. We do not allow the students who remain absent during the class to sit for the exams. They are given a notice but after attending classes for a few days, they are allowed. Strict steps were taken in this incident as well. This has always been the case. I had given permission that those who remain absent for many days will be deboarded and allowed after attending classes for a few days. 9 more girls including the victim were deboarded and given notice. On the day this incident happened, about 5/6 girls were allowed.
This girl again started being absent from the class so she was again barred from giving the exam in the class. After that the girl told many things to her friends while being mentally disturbed. After that some children came to me on the 30th. That day they told me many things. They told me that the teacher is mentally harassing them. Along with this, one of the girls told me that the teacher met her near the garden and he asked for physical favors from the girl and said that if she does this then everything will be fine.
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