India, Aug. 3 -- A 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set ablaze by miscreants on July 19 in Bayabar village under Balanga police limits in Odisha's Puri district succumbed to her injuries on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.

Her death has left her family shattered, even as the police maintain that no one else was involved in the incident.

The girl, a Class 10 student, had sustained over 70 per cent burn injuries after allegedly being kidnapped and set on fire by three youths on the banks of the Bhargavi River.

Initially treated at a local community health centre, she was later moved to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar and then airlifted to AIIMS-Delhi for specialised care.

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