Minor girl set ablaze in Puri dies: AIIMS confirms 75% burns; Odisha CM expresses shock, miscreants still at large | India News

Medical workers brings the 15-year-old girl, who was present process therapy at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after three miscreants set her ablaze in Odisha’s Puri district, to be airlifted to Delhi, in Bhubaneswar. (PTI Photo)

NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl from Odisha’s Puri district, who sustained over 75% burns in an alleged assault in Balanga on June 19, succumbed to her accidents at AIIMS Delhi on Saturday after weeks of intensive care. The teenager, initially handled at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to the Burn ICU of the Burns and Plastic Surgery block, the place she remained vital on oxygen help. AIIMS Delhi confirmed she was underneath steady monitoring by a staff of specialists however couldn’t be revived. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi shared the information on X, saying, “Despite all the efforts of the government and the round-the-clock endeavors of the specialist medical team at AIIMS Delhi, her life could not be saved. I pray for the eternal peace of the girl’s soul and strength to her family.”

The girl had initially alleged that she was attacked by three unidentified bike-borne males who poured kerosene on her and set her on fireplace. However, police officers stated there was no proof to help her declare. In her later assertion earlier than a judicial Justice of the Peace, she reportedly admitted to self-immolation. The incident occurred whereas the girl was on her technique to a relative’s residence and was allegedly kidnapped and brought to a secluded spot close to the Bhargabi riverbank. Locals rescued her and alerted authorities. Police are still investigating the case, and the Odisha authorities had earlier introduced it could cowl her medical bills. The case drew widespread consideration and got here shortly after one other high-profile suicide case in Balasore, the place a 20-year-old scholar ended her life alleging sexual harassment by a professor.