Bhubaneswar, July 20 -- Congress leader Srikant Jena expressed deep concern over the horrific incident in which a 15-year-old girl was set ablaze by miscreants in Balanga in Puri district on Saturday.

Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Jena described the incident as an "unfortunate development" following the recent tragedy at Fakir Mohan (FM) Autonomous College in Balasore, where a 20-year-old student died from self-immolation in protest over alleged inaction on her sexual harassment complaint.

"This is an unfortunate development after the FM College incident... The image of the state has been completely tarnished. Odisha was a peaceful state, but now every day you'll find such atrocities happening in the state... Why is the government not proa...