The minor girl who was set on fire by two youths at Madhupur village in the Narla area in Kalahandi district died at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here early on Tuesday morning.
After sustaining severe burn injuries, Tapaswini had been admitted to the VIMSAR at Burla and later shifted to the IGH as her condition deteriorated. However, the victim succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday.
The Sundargarh district administration provided a vehicle to the family members of the deceased to shift the body from the hospital to the village. An amount of `2,000 was provided to them as travel expenses by the Red Cross, informed Rourkela Additional District Magistrate Monisha Banerjee.
Notably, the girl was torched allegedly by Sana Sahoo and Bulu Das of the village after they failed to gangrape her on January 11 evening.
The two had earlier passed vulgar comments at Tapaswini, following which she told the incident to her family. The girl’s mother had cautioned the two youths against their act.
Getting furious over the incident, the duo allegedly set the girl on fire at her house in the absence of her parents.
The Crime Branch (CB) is probing into the incident and six persons including the two prime accused have been arrested in the case. The accused would be taken on CB police remand for five days. The Kalahandi ADJ Court allowed the remand on Tuesday.
The crime has become a Red Flag category one, said CB Special DG BK Sharma.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Jual Oram demanded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the girl’s family from the State Government.