Key Highlights
- The undergraduate student was allegedly blackmailed by a 25-year-old man.
- She was admitted to the IGH Rourkela with burn injuries.
- Odisha's Health and Family Welfare minister Mukesh Mahaling had visited IGH on Sunday and directed the hospital authorities to airlift her to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for better treatment.
- However, the victim succumbed to the burn injuries on Sunday (December 7) night, the hospital authorities said.
- This was the fifth such incident in the State in a span of six months when women died in a similar manner in Balasore, Puri, Kendrapara, Bargarh and now Rajgangpur.
