Odisha bandh today over over BJB girl student’s death

Bhubaneshwar, July 19: The Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) and its student branch, the Navnirman Yuva Chhatra Sangathan (NYCS), have declared Odisha Bandh on July 19, 2022. This came after a BJB College student Ruchika Mohanty, had reportedly committed suicide.

  

 

Vehicles will be driven off the road as a result of the protests. The bandh will also have an impact on rail service. Accordingly, the organisation has also pushed business owners to close their doors. Meanwhile, the Congress, as well as various commercial and social organisations, have expressed their support for the group.

 

NNKS convenor Akshaya Kumar has encouraged political leaders to attend the rally in support of the bandh call. Even several days after the girl's murder, the farmer leader claimed that authorities had received no leads in the case.

 

"Police have ruled out ragging as the cause of the girl's suicide, despite the fact that she indicated it in her suicide note. Police violently pulled up the deceased's mother when she was seated on a dharna. On moral grounds, the hostel warden and supervisor should quit," stated NNKS convenor.

 

Ruchika, from Athagarh in Cuttack district, was discovered dead on a bed inside the college's hostel room with a rope around her neck on July 2.

 

A note, possibly written by Ruchika, was discovered near the body. According to the message, she was depressed as a result of being regularly ragged and abused by three of her superiors. According to the message, the trio is to blame for the death. However, the deceased has not disclosed the pupils' identities.

 

Ruchika was being mentally harassed by the seniors regularly after the party, her mother said, adding that they had threatened the girl not to disclose the incident. The woman has lodged a complaint at the Badagada police station in this connection. A case has been registered under Sections 306 and 34 of the IPC.

 

In a statement, hostel superintendent Jyoti Rath said when her roommates left to attend classes at around 10 am, Ruchika stayed back and locked the room from inside. When she did not open the door till late, students raised an alarm. Later, college authorities broke open the door to find her dead.