Odisha teacher who was set on fire dies

November 01, 2013 21:35

Battling for life for five days, an Odisha teacher who was set ablaze for refusing to withdraw a complaint of molestation in Raygada district, died today.

The 36-year-old teacher posted in an upper primary school at Tikri and admitted to a hospital in Visakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh with 90 per cent burns after being set on fire by a man on Sunday night, died during the day, Rayagada district collector Dr S B Padhi said.

With the death sparking a statewide outcry, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed the CID, Crime Branch to investigate the incident.

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