Rayagada burn victim’s condition worsening

--Police to take arrested SI on remand

BHUBANESWAR: Health condition of Tikiri UP school teacher Itishree Pradhan, who got serious burn injury, was deteriorating very fast. She was critical according to the doctors of Seven Hills Hospital at Visakhapatnam.

On Thursday, she stopped talking and failed to respond which created fear among the family members. But the doctors were trying their best, sources said.   

Meanwhile, Rayagada SDPO Y Jagannath Rao said that police would take arrested Netrananda Dandsena, main accused in the woman school teacher burning case, on remand to unearth important information. Dandasena was arrested by the Rayagada police from Seshakhal on the Andhra-Odisha border on Wednesday evening.

Rao said that they would arrest the accused who set the teacher on fire by pouring kerosene.

Notably, it was the third incident of burning after Royat Colony and Anjiapeta incidents.