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Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staff throughout a ‘gherao’ at a police station in protest after a 15-year-old lady was set on fireplace by unidentified individuals. File | Photo Credit: PTI
The minor’s physique reached the Biju Patnaik International Airport right here earlier than being taken to her native place at Balanga in Puri district, amid tight safety preparations, a senior officer stated.
Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida and Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling, who have been current on the airport right here, consoled the lady’s father and paid floral tribute to her.
The physique of the lady was taken from the nationwide capital by a service flight after the autopsy examination on the AIIMS-Delhi was performed earlier within the day, the officer stated.
The lady, who was allegedly set on fireplace by three miscreants at Balanga on July 19, was airlifted to AIIMS-Delhi the subsequent day and breathed her final there on Saturday (August 2, 2025) night after a 14-day battle for all times.
Hours after {the teenager}’s demise, the Odisha Police claimed that there was no different individual concerned within the incident and requested that no sensational statements be revamped the matter.
The lady’s father additionally launched a video, claiming that she ended her life as a result of psychological misery. Initially, her mom, within the FIR, had alleged that three individuals had set the minor on fireplace close to the Bhargavi riverbank.
Keeping in view the sensitivity of the incident and a statewide outrage over the lady’s demise, the police have made elaborate safety preparations on the airport with round 180 personnel deployed, one other officer stated.
Police personnel have been additionally deployed at main crossings by means of which the hearse carrying the lady’s mortal stays will go, he stated.
Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena stated one platoon of drive (30 personnel) will present safety to the hearse, whereas it’s being taken from the airport to her native village.
The metropolis police would escort the hearse carrying the minor lady’s physique until Uttara Chhak, from the place the Puri district police will present safety until her native place.
Former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Prasad Harichandan, BJD chief Sanjay Das Burma, BJP chief Samir Ranjan Dash and plenty of others paid tribute to the deceased on the airport.
A variety of individuals additionally provided prayer (Namaz) on the airport as quickly because the lady’s physique reached Odisha.
Published – August 04, 2025 07:41 am IST
