The public's response is marked by intense anger and sorrow after the tragic death of Soumyashree, a victim of sexual harassment. Commenters are demanding accountability from both government and educational institutions, criticizing them for their systemic failures and inaction in protecting women. The overwhelming sentiment reflects a call for justice and an urgent need for reform in handling such cases.

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https://x.com/Pawankhera/status/1944290315382169972 it is a national tragedy that a young woman in Odisha was forced to set herself on fire after facing relentless sexual harassment by her college HoD. She pleaded for help - informally to the Principal, formally to the Internal Complaints Committee, and publicly to the CM and Education Minister on social media. Yet, her complaints went unheard. 

A BJP MP had demanded the HoD’s suspension but even he was brushed aside - by the college Principal. As such, it is safe to call the Double Engine Sarkar a cruel joke. Because it does not even empower a local MP from the ruling party enough to prevail over a college Principal in a matter so crucial and sensitive. This is institutional apathy but even more, it is criminal complicity. The culprit, HoD must face the law for driving a woman to self-immolation, but the Principal and the ICC must also be held accountable - not merely for negligence, but for abetment. Notably, the victim was an ABVP office bearer in a BJP-ruled state. If this is the fate of their own, what can ordinary women - with no access to networks of power - in Odisha, and beyond, possibly expect? Let this be a wake up call for all Modi bhakts. “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” is only a media spectacle. In their daily lives, women across India feel unsafe - especially because of the ruling party’s tendency to stand with the accused instead of the victim, to shield the rapists instead of the raped.We must, therefore, ask ourselves: Is this the India we want to build for our women?

frizene26

And Odias will not do anything about it. Just a few days ago a tribal couple in Odisha was brutally harassed and chained to a plough and made to plough the field as punishment for marrying. Before that a chain of gangrape cases were reported in various parts of Odisha. In a village in Balasore district a family has been ostracized and boycotted simply because they refused to marry off their minor daughter. No outrage was there, no candle light vigils, no protests from the local population.

The double engine sarkar is sleeping as usual. They have all the time to harass and assault the Bengali speaking labourers working there but when it comes to the real issues they are all sleeping.

DilKaDariya91

shittylifeUWU

Another day, another woman attacked ! It's appalling how attacks on women are so casually happening around and some make it to news , some don't.

If it does , some or the other way it will not sutain the media light. 

Sick and tired of such violence

Level_Contact_1964

Honestly don't get why we don't make an example out of such termites.


Capital punishment shouldn't be the answer. Public castration. That would send shivers down the potential abusers.

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While things like this happen and mind you, they happen even in the most safe states in India, such as Kerala at alarming rates, Indians are going to keep on arguing about language. Well done. We have our priorities completely inverted.

caesarkhosrow

Bas isse zyada me nahi dekh sakta Nahi sunn sakta.

rajaa_betaa

I can't even begin to imagine the trauma that girl and her boyfriend must be going through. This is absolutely heartbreaking and enraging at the same time. I really hope every single one of those monsters gets the harshest punishment possible. No one should ever have to live through something so horrific.

girlikeapearl_

How about a swift sentencing and death penalty?

berserkgobrrr

Maz_Ded

Significant_Pen3315

Guns need to be legalized and made more accessible.

These_Growth9876

Dude...seriously why? That couple is like traumatised for life.

thedarkracer

Hag this criminals and make a example.
People are not scared of the law that's the reason such horrific crimes are happening.

SnooPickles161

It’s so casually these days, attack on woman.where is this country heading,?

Internal_Ad_7125

Unless we have laws that give long term jail time without parole.

Eg: 40 years in jail without the possibility of parole.

Unless we get this kind of judgment for murder and rapes, people will commit to crimes as they think they'll be out on parole.

S-H-U-F-F-L-E

Just reading the headline made my heart sink. Where tf are we heading God damn it.

ank1743

We are not living we are surviving in india

Flatearthianxingping

Why dont they make the faces of the perpetrators public? Why are we still not shaming them?

Agile_Lemon

This is CRAZY! Men have gone berserk and this is appalling!

svini_02

Prestigious_Diet9503

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Bring the firing squad, the guillotine, and the public gallows to India. Create some deterrence.

Cub_Millenial

Until and unless strict punishment given by judiciary, nothing will work. There is no fear of law in people. I have seen people committing crime and easily getting bail. Judiciary should be a deterrent to a crime but nowadays it has become a facilitator.

ashwin313

Ngl , If someday I am in power or rich I will get a pistol for me.

SecondBest-

Monsters every single one deserves to get capital punishment it's clear they wanted to see both of them suffer they the way they forced his bf to watch

castle_of_sand

If punishment is strict such people will at least fear for their lives. But everyone knows how pathetic our judiciary is.

I am wondering why no one wants to ask their religion

Jerski2002

Can Indian laws pls start to have serious repercussions for these heinous crime. Pathetic how these men will be roaming scott free in some days. 😡

Front_Umpire4873

Hang all those 10 people at the very same beach after castrating them

PizzaOpen9340

What they did is inexcusable, but how dumb can one get and insist on a UPI payment??

KevinDecosta74

Ok-Swing-580

Psychedelic-Brick23

Death penalty for this. Sick and tired of these cases, of an example is not made, this will keep happening.

VikrantBh

Area51Eskapee

I might sound like a fool or a dumbass, but bhagwan kasam bas ek baar merko sentences and punishment sunane ka segment de do, inn bhosdivaalo ko aisi maut dunga, ki potential criminals kabhi crime karne ke baare main sochenge bhi nahi life main

Sussy-Cat2698

thegoodearthquake

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Xray2201

Over-Confection-4579

The_NOS_44

iamelite20

Competitive_Gene_898

Men really think they can get away with anything

Ok-Honey6535

Due to these kinds of incidents women say it's good that women have taken up crimes against men but crime is a crime no matter the gender

Outside-Concert7178

Severe-Antelope-9989

Rape news just wrecks me inside out man... Still people get angry when one says india is not safe for women

Few-Assumption-8579

SisterSalty

Capital punishment should he the norm for rape. PERIOD. No 2 ways about it. 

Yes, every citizen should have the right to fight for their right but such heinous acts should bar them from availing such rights. 

It’s pathetic that rapes are nowadays an everyday matter because we as citizens failed to raise our voices. What’s even more pathetic is the fact that we actually let some of these rape accused become MLAs. 

At the end of the day, you wont be able to even fathom the burden of the victim unless and until it happens to someone close to you &amp; i hope no one has to go through that.

Fallen_Candle_

That stupid guy , bhosdiwala ladki ko leke safety ni samjhta

Sea-Part4361

Look how many upvotes this has compared to the thousands on a post about a male suicide

fantasticinnit

Odisha is pivoting to the great gujrat model and will soon be a prominent factor in making bharat the vishwaguru. Anyone complaining is either jealous, non odia, muslim, soros ka agent or desh drohi. They can't accept the fact that BJP is bharat, without bjp there is nobbharat and Hindus will be eliminated one by one.
- Bhakth Baneerjee

Formal-Anything-1598

Indians say Korea is the most racist country though there’s no real data to back that up. It’s just anecdotes, never even verified as fact. Yet India loves to boast about its ‘low’ rape statistics, conveniently ignoring the fact that most cases never even reach the police. It’s amusing how some people claim the moral high ground while sweeping their own mess under the rug.

ptunxlp

the fucking state of this world. A woman has to set herself on fucking fire to be HEARD. Disgusting.

AllTheCryingDragons

any day now and one or few of the tourists currently flooding south east asia will actually commit violent assaults and this circle will loop over again.

Nice-Base8139

Internal Complaint Committee was really set up or just a cover up? This needs to be investigated too.

cate4d

Priyanka_Nayak

Most likely Alvas. The article says accused physics lecturer is Narendra, and I found a LinkedIn profile with the same name who's a physics lecturer at Alvas. 

That college is always popular for shady stuff. Hitting kids, suicide, and now rape. 

It's also concerning how media withholds from mentioning the college name due to obvious reasons.

Edit: This article has the accused' mugshots - https://headlinekarnataka.com/news/Crime/23516/Mangalore-Two-Moodbidri-Lecturers-and-Friend-Arrested-for-Rape-and-Blackmail-of-Engineering-Student

It matches with the LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/narendra-babu-r-n-33b967103

pablolit69

Did my PU in Alvas in name of discipline they used to beat shit out of student for small mistake.
Also looking at his linkedin profile he gives major crappy dude vibe.

Tall_Effective_3879

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Alleged assaulters Narendra sandeep and anup

Salty-Set-55

It is ALVAS.They both were my teachers.Weirdly That sandeep used to refer/call every girl as Amma.

Muffin_Puzzleheaded

aksh282

Have heard many suicides and similar incidents taking place. Top management may not be in involved directly but they used to be accused by people that they quickly downplay such serious incidents

 Alvas has totally gone to shit. Once was one of the best pu colleges

No-Introduction-9088

cnut-baldwiniv

But i don't understand college is alvas ,then how in Bangalore?

Additional_Pie6411

No wonder why Alvas is a close friend of Virendra Jain/Hedge

What were the parents/ hostel warden doing, why did they repeatedly allow the girl to go to Bangalore?

Unique_Pain_610

What wonderful news for global tourism. That poor couple. wtf

nau_lonnais

&gt;A group of 10 allegedly took turns gang-raping a 20-year-old college student on a beach in Odisha's Ganjam around 9.30 pm on Sunday after assaulting and dragging away the male friend with whom she had stepped out. Seven of the suspects were detained Monday based on a complaint filed by the survivor.

one_brown_jedi

sicklystrawberry

Everyday I read about a new horrific rape incident and everyday grow more and more paranoid. There is no solution. There is no end.

jupiterr869

What's worse is that I've seen some (yes youth) delulu Indians saying that all this is in the "past" and never happens now a days. 🤡

How will a country progress when no one accepts that yes rape is still a prevalent issue and not treat it like since kind of taboo.

Ok-Difference6796

Disgusting. Put these people in jail for life without parole or furlough.

assassin_not_actual

Labour Class poor men coming out of patriarchal/ village families are always the ones who rape the most. They are just looking for opportunities.

ApprehensiveSky2670

WTH, you know what's the root cause Patriarchy, control and p-addicton, these guy who never heard of word "consent" their sorrunding were always patriarchal where a man is considered king and a women her slave, domestic voilance against women is common for them, that's how r-pists are born, they have  low life no career so jail is beautiful to them

The saddest part isnt that this happening, the saddest part is that she will never get justice. Apparently, one of the guys is the son of some bjp candidate. Forget going to the court, the police will themselves tamper with the evidence. 


I really wish i had taken a career option that allowed me to leave this country asap.

Zealousideal-Fan263

I’ll expect a sand sculpture at a puri beach to support the victim. I would expect more but all our country does is posturing and none of the justice. 

Fuck this country fuck this timeline and fuck this govt.

baddadjokesminusdad

Well the government  changed in Odisha  so you can see control of law and order by new government from the same article second instance of a gang rape in a coastal Odisha town 
after a Class IX student was allegedly assaulted in a 
beachside hotel in Puri last week.

I love my Vishwaguru Bharat; they are doing great things outside, while it is burning inside.

At this point, we don't need to worry about West and China; our internal problems set back our development. Just saw a top post on r/VietNam sub; they are annoyed by our behaviors, and we constantly embarrass ourselves, even in other countries.

Witty_Tea_1929

It breaks my heart that these type of things happen to women EVERYDAY. People have become completely desensitised when it comes to such crimes now. 💔💔

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Ch3m0therapy

Elegant-Ice-9607

This kind of news has been so normalized, last time this country fought against it was during nirbhaya case. Back when people had a spine

sharedevaaste

asluveeran_qtr

Miserable-Bowl3404

Brilliant-Peach8253

So sad to hear this. This lawless, corrupt nation is doomed :((

vEnoM_420

And yet after daily news like this you’ll see men defending the patriarchy till their last breath.

hillofjumpingbeans

A 20-year-old female student from Fakir Mohan College in Odisha tragically set herself on fire after alleging sexual harassment by her professor, leading to widespread outrage and calls for justice. The Odisha government has expedited measures to address sexual harassment in educational institutions.

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