Cuttack/Sambalpur: The Orissa High Court has granted bail to Pritiman Dey, a friend of late VSSUT student Chinmayee Priyadarshini Sahu, who was arrested in connection with her death case.

After hearing the matter, the High Court observed there was insufficient evidence to establish that Chinmayee’s death was a case of murder. The court noted police investigations and reports pointed to suicide.

During the probe, police had submitted before the court that Chinmayee’s death was due to drowning. The post-mortem report as well as the diatom test confirmed drowning as the cause of death.

Chinmayee, a resident of Madanpur in Kalahandi district and a B.Tech student of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Sambalpur, was found dead in the power channel of the Hirakud Dam on March

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