Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police said it has launched a probe into the viral video containing the statement of the minor girl of Puri district, who died of burn injuries at AIIMS New Delhi August 2.
Asserting that the statement in the video “does not accurately represent” her actual testimony, the police said it wanted to know who recorded the video and how it went to social media.
In the purported video, the girl can be heard saying that three unidentified youths with their faces covered abducted her and set her on fire when she was returning home July 19. This was also the content of her mother’s FIR registered at Balanga Police Station on the same day.
PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.
Hours after her death, the police said in an X post: “According to the investigation conducted so far, it is clear that no other person is involved.” Her father also said, without elaborating, that his daughter was “under mental pressure and took her life”.
“We have sought the assistance of the cyber cell of the Crime Branch to find out the person involved in making the minor girl’s statement viral,” a statement issued by the Puri police said.
Noting that identifying the minor victim is “illegal,” the police said stringent action will be taken against the persons who made the video viral, which has been in circulation on social media for the past two days.
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