Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: A day after the 15-year-old girl of Odisha’s Puri district succumbed to her burn injuries at AIIMS Delhi, opposition parties on Sunday attacked the police for its statement that “no other person” was involved in setting the teenager on fire.
The girl’s father on Sunday said his daughter was “under “mental pressure and took her life”, without elaborating.
It was initially alleged that the girl was kidnapped and set ablaze on the banks of Bhargavi River in Puri district on July 19. With 70 per cent burns, the teenager was airlifted to AIIMS-Delhi the next day, where she underwent at least two surgeries and skin grafting. The teenager died there on Saturday.
Opposition Congress and BJD, lambasted the state government and “rejected” the police statement that no other person was involved in setting the girl on fire. Opposition chief whip in the Odisha Assembly and BJD leader Pramila Mallik alleged that attempts were made to shield the culprits. (PTI)
