Balasore, July 15 -- The father of the victim who died from self-immolation in Odisha's Balasore on Tuesday claimed that his daughter did not die by suicide but was murdered.

He demanded that the state government treat the case as a murder and punish all those involved.

Speaking to ANI, the victim's father said, "Everyone together forced my daughter to die. Isn't that murder? I believe it was a conspiracy because she used to raise her voice in college, and they didn't like it."

Referring to her last visit to the college principal's office, the victim's father questioned the circumstances leading to her death.

"They all conspired to force my daughter to commit suicide. Why did she commit suicide right after coming out of the Principal'...