Youth detained for questioning after girl’s death in Rourkela hotel room

ROURKELA: A 21-year-old girl who set herself afire in a hotel room, succumbed to her injuries on Friday.

Plant Site police detained the girl’s boyfriend for questioning after her family alleged the youth had conspired to kill her.

Following the girl’s death, police along with a scientific team, visited the hotel room where the incident occurred and analysed the CCTV footage. The woman of Lathikata block died after allegedly setting herself on fire in a hotel room near Rourkela railway station on Thursday.