The Crime Branch (CB) team probing the incident of miscreants’ murder attempt on a Class-X girl for objecting to lewd comments at Madhupur village under Kalahandi district’s Narla police station on Sunday recorded the statement of the victim at the Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela.
The victim, in a critical condition, is now undergoing at the IGH.
According to information, a three-member team comprising CB Inspector Neelima Panda, Inspector Shradhanjali Panda and Sub-Inspector Bibhu Prasad had earlier in the day visited Madhupur village and conducted investigation. The scientific team had gone with the CB team.
Notably, the police have arrested and court-forwarded the two accursed and their parents in connection with the case. In its preliminary investigation, police found that the two accused, after being instigated by their parents, had poured kerosene and set the girl on fire. The girl sustained 90 per cent injuries.
The girl with 90 injuries was first admitted in the Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital and then shifted to the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. But as her condition worsened, she was later shifted the IGH, Rourkela. Her condition is stated to be critical now.