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Odisha self-immolation case: BJD engages in scuffle with police during protest in Bhubaneswar

IANS | July 16, 2025 02:54 PM

BHUBANESWAR: The workers and leaders of opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD), on Wednesday, engaged in a scuffle with the Commissionerate Police at Lower PMG Square in Odisha's Bhubaneswar while marching ahead to gherao the Lok Seva Bhavan (State Secretariat), demanding justice for Fakir Mohan Autonomous College student, who succumbed on Monday following self-immolation attempt last week over sexual harrassment by a college faculty member.

The police used water cannon and fired tear gas bullets to disperse the protestors who tried to march ahead by breaking the police barricade at the spot.

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