Puri, Aug. 3 -- The uncle of the minor girl who succumbed to her injuries after she was set on fire by miscreants in Odisha expressed grief and said everyone is disheartened.

"It is extremely sad. Everyone is disheartened. She was good. But she has left us," the victim's relative told ANI on Sunday.

The 15-year-old girl succumbed to her burn injuries on Saturday while undergoing treatment at AIIMS in the national capital, after she was allegedly set on fire by miscreants in the Balanga area of Odisha's Puri district on July 19.

According to the police, the minor girl went out with her friends, but she was allegedly abducted midway and taken to the riverside, where she was set on fire.

The incident has begun a political row over the sa...