Model Soumya Ranjan Death: Police Register Case Against Girlfriend & Her Mother In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Following the order of Orissa High Court, police have registered a case against the girlfriend of deceased model Soumya Ranjan Panigrahi and her mother.

According to sources, the case has been registered at Infocity police station in the city under Sections 306 and 34 of IPC.

In February last week, the High Court had directed the DCP, Bhubaneswar to take action in the case of the death of aspiring model Soumya Ranjan within three weeks.

The court issued the order after hearing a petition filed by Soumya’s sister alleging that the police had not taken any step on her complaint filed at Infocity police station and with the DCP.

Soumya was found hanging at his residence in Nandan Vihar in the city on January 30. A handwritten note of Soumya, accusing his girlfriend of having relationship with another person for the past several months, was found from his room.

Later, Soumya’s sister had told the media that her brother killed himself as he felt frustrated by his girlfriend’s affair with another man. The girl betrayed her brother in in order to have relationship with a rich man, she alleged.