ABVP leader among two arrested in Odisha student self-immolation case

Two persons, including the state joint secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, were arrested on Monday in connection with the death of a college student who set herself on fire in Odisha’s Balasore, India Today reported.

The ABVP is the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

The 20-year-old undergraduate student had set herself on fire on July 13 after her complaint of sexual harassment by a faculty member at Fakir Mohan Autonomous College allegedly went unaddressed.