Puri (Odisha) [India], August 3 : The uncle of the minor girl who succumbed to her injuries after she was set on fire by miscreants in Odisha expressed grief and said everyone is disheartened.
"It is extremely sad. Everyone is disheartened. She was good. But she has left us," the victim's relative told ANI on Sunday.
The 15-year-old girl succumbed to her burn injuries on Saturday while undergoing treatment at AIIMS in the national capital, after she was allegedly set on fire by miscreants in the Balanga area of Odisha's Puri district on July 19.
According to the police, the minor girl went out with her friends, but she was allegedly abducted midway and taken to the riverside, where she was set on fire.
The incident has begun a political row over the safety of women in the state.
BJD MP Sasmit Patra flagged the law and order situation in Odisha and demanded justice for the 15-year-old girl who succumbed to her injuries after being set on fire by miscreants in Balanga, Odisha.
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, Sasmit Patra demanded "strong action" against the perpetrators.
Patra said, "We are extremely pained because the perpetrators of such crime, unless they are brought to justice and such heinous crimes continue unabated in the state of Odisha, no one is safe. We hope that the government wakes up from its slumber and takes strong action."
He paid condolences to the family of the victim after she passed away during her treatment at AIIMS, Delhi.
"We, BJD MPs, came to AIIMS Delhi, where this minor victim was under treatment for the last few days. She has passed away this evening. So our homage and our condolences to her family," Patra said.
BJD leader Amar Patnaik took a dig at the Odisha government over the safety of women in the state and claimed that Odisha's image as a peaceful state has been "shattered."
"Every day, we hear such stories in Odisha. These incidents are a grim reminder of the failing law and order situation in the state, particularly as far as women are concerned. Odisha was known as a peaceful state, and that image has been shattered beyond words," Patnaik said.