Puri Balanga burn case: Victim's statement goes viral, probe on

AROUND two weeks after a 15-year-old girl from Puri's Balanga succumbed to burn injuries, a videographed statement of her claiming that she was abducted by three youths and then set on fire went viral on social media on Sunday.

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In the video, the girl can be heard mentioning that three unidentified youths with their faces covered abducted her when she was returning home. She was then made unconscious and set ablaze.

After the video went viral, Puri's SP in-charge Pinak Mishra told mediapersons the act was illegal and strong action will be taken against those involved. "The viral video is being examined to ascertain its genuineness. It appears to have been captured on camera while her statement was recorded in AIIMS-Bhubaneswar on July 19, a few hours after the incident had taken place in Balanga," he said.