US EditionOdisha Horror: Minor Girl Set Ablaze by Three Men in Chilling Puri Attack; Ex-CM Patnaik Reacts
PURI DISTRICT, ODISHA, JUL 19 – The 15-year-old victim sustained 70% burn injuries and is in critical condition at AIIMS Bhubaneswar; police have formed two teams to apprehend the attackers, officials said.
- On Saturday , three miscreants set a 15-year-old girl on fire in Bayabar village, Puri district, as she walked to a friend’s house around 8:30 am.
- Just days earlier, on July 12, a 20-year-old Fakir Mohan College student in Balasore set herself on fire over a harassment complaint, dying two days later at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
- Police reached Bayabar village and launched an investigation into the attack, while eyewitnesses described how the assailants doused the girl with petrol by the Bhargavi River, set her on fire and then fled, as locals extinguished the flames and rushed her to Pipili health center.
- In an X post, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said she was shocked and saddened, confirmed the state will cover all treatment expenses and ordered the police to arrest the culprits immediately.
- Authorities are reviewing CCTV footage as part of the ongoing investigation, and Puri Superintendent of Police Pinak Mishra said investigators are optimistic about a breakthrough soon, ANI quoted.
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Minor girl set on fire in Odisha's Puri; police launch probe
In another horrifying incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly set on fire by some miscreants in Puri district of Odisha, said the police on Saturday, while adding that the victim was rushed to AIIMS Bhubaneswar. The condition of the girl is critical, the police said. "This morning, we received information that a minor girl was assaulted and an inflammable substance was used to set her on fire. The girl was rescued and was referred to AIIMS…
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