Bhubaneswar, Aug. 3 -- Odisha Congress chief Bhakta Charan Das expressed deep grief over the death of a 15-year-old girl who succumbed to her injuries on Saturday while undergoing treatment at AIIMS New Delhi. The girl had been critically injured after being allegedly set on fire by miscreants in the Balanga area of Odisha's Puri district on June 19.

Speaking to ANI, Das warned that the Congress party would stage a protest outside the BJP office on August 7 if the culprits were not arrested soon.

"... May God give her family the strength to bear such a huge loss. It has been 14 days, but the culprits have not been caught yet... You have to look at this case in conjunction with the Balasore student's self-immolation case... Why was her s...