Sambalpur: Following a fresh probe over a high court order, police Monday arrested Pritiman Dey, 27, the male friend of the deceased girl student Chinmayee Priyadarshini Sahu of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla in Sambalpur district.
The case was registered at the Burla police station in 2023. He was produced in the court and remanded to judicial custody following his arrest.
Sources said Chinmayee had committed suicide by jumping into the power channel when the cultural programme for the VSSUT’s convocation ceremony was underway February 28, 2023. Her body was recovered the next day. She was reportedly depressed over some issue and ended her life when she had gone near the power channel bridge with Dey.
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Chinmayee’s mother blamed Pritiman for her daughter’s death. Dissatisfied over the report submitted by the police, her family members approached the high court praying for justice. Orissa High Court heard the matter and directed the Sambalpur SP to conduct a fresh probe into the incident. The high court also directed that the probe be completed within two months.
A fresh probe was launched, and the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) conducted a lie detection test of accused Pritiman in February. The SFSL also submitted the lie detection test report in a sealed envelope to Sambalpur police. Accordingly, police launched a fresh probe and summoned Pritiman for interrogation to the Burla police station. He reached there from Bhubaneswar Monday and was interrogated in this connection.
Police arrested him after they found evidence against him in the death of the girl student.
PNN
