India, July 21 -- A 15-year-old girl from Odisha's Puri district, who was kidnapped and set ablaze by unidentified men, knocked on the door of a house in Balanga village, pleading for help, moments after escaping her attackers. The girl, suffering from over 70 per cent burns, remains in critical condition at AIIMS Delhi, where she was airlifted for treatment on Sunday.

The man, Dukshishyam Senapati, recounted the harrowing 90 minutes the Puri teen spent in his home before being taken to the hospital.

"The girl was on fire and screaming in pain," Senapati told Director General of Police (DGP) YB Khurania, who visited the village to take stock of the situation, as reported by news agency PTI.

Senapati said the girl arrived at his house a...