Bhubaneswar, Aug. 11 -- In yet another incident of suspected self-immolation, the fourth in the past month in Odisha, a 13-year-old girl from Phiringia in Bargarh district succumbed to burns at the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, today.
Police are yet to ascertain whether the girl set herself on fire or was deliberately set ablaze. The case took a grim turn after an audio clip surfaced in which the girl was heard pleading for help and accusing another girl of setting her on fire.
The victim, a Class VIII student of a residential school in Paikmal block, was rescued by villagers from a football ground near Phiringia village under Gaisilat block, with nearly 80 per cent burns. She was rushed to VI...