India, June 22 -- A student suicide case in Odisha's Ganjam district has reportedly led to the arrest of transport minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena's nephew, on the charges of abetment of suicide.

A woman student, 20, of a private engineering college in Ganjam district was found dead in her hostel room on Saturday, police said, news agency PTI reported.

The accused has been identified as Biswajit Jena, 24, the nephew of the minister. He was allegedly in a relationship with the deceased woman, a student of Bachelor in Computer Application.

The hostel room, where the woman was found dead on Saturday, had five occupants - the deceased, her sister and three other roommates. A case was registered at Golanthara police station on the charge of ab...