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Two days after a 13-year-old Class 8 student succumbed to severe burn injuries in a suspected self-immolation incident at her maternal uncle's house in Phiringimal village under Gaisilat police limits of Bargarh district, her family has dismissed reports of domestic quarrels and pointed instead to a 'suspicious phone call' shortly before the tragedy.
The victim's maternal uncle, speaking to the media, asserted there was no quarrel at home before the incident. He claimed that the girl had been sitting alone in a shed holding a petrol container. When questioned about it, she allegedly ran to a nearby open field and set herself on f...