As part of its probe into the minor girl torching incident at Madhupur village in Narla in Kalahandi district, a four-member team of the Crime Branch on Saturday visited the spot and started investigation.
The team headed by lady inspector visited Narla, Crime Branch Special DG BK Sharma said.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Jual Oram on the day met the victim at the Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela and inquired about her health condition.
Oram also assured to bear all the treatment expenses of the girl, who is fighting hard for life.
On Friday, the local police had arrested six including two prime accused. Among the two prime accused one is a juvenile.
While the minor accused, Shyama Sahoo, was sent to the juvenile jail, the others were sent to jail.
The girl, who was torched for protesting eve-teasing, is a student of the TRW School at Madhupur under lanjigarh block. The incident took place when she had gone to a nearby stream to attend call of nature on Wednesday. Two youths, identified as Bulu Das and Shyama Sahoo of the same village, had passed lewd comments at her.
The girl had protested and informed the matter to her parents. Her mother then had cautioned the youths for the act.
later in the evening when the girl was alone in her house, the two youths trespassed and allegedly set her on fire, police sources said. Hearing the girl’s screams, locals rescued her and rushed her to a hospital.