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A tragic incident was averted when police stopped a couple allegedly attempting self-immolation along with their seven-year-old daughter near the Odisha Legislative Assembly in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
According to reports, the couple, hailing from Baudh's Kotasingha area, was advancing towards the Assembly when police intercepted them on Gandhi Marg. Sources said the couple had been distressed over their daughter's prolonged illness, which had not improved despite treatment.
Eyewitnesses claimed the parents were carrying inflammable materials and intended to set themselves and the child on fire in a desperate act of protest. Al...