<p>A 12-year-old schoolgirl, who set herself ablaze after her poor parents refused to buy her a pencil and a notebook in Aska town in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Wednesday, died on Thursday at a government hospital in Berhampur.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The girl, identified as Jayanti Naik, asked her mother for Rs 10 to buy a pencil and a notebook.<br /><br />The mother refused as she had no money but assured her that she will give it to her after returning home from work.<br /><br />However, after her mother, a daily wager, left home, Jayanti, a Class VII student at the local government girls high school, locked herself in a room before dousing herself in kerosene and setting herself on fire.<br /><br />Though her father, also a daily wager, was present in the house, he could do little as he has been a paralytic for some time now.<br /><br />Neighbours rushed to the house and rescued the girl after hearing her screams. However, by that time, she had already suffered 70 per cent burns.<br /><br />She was rushed to the MKCG medical college and hospital in Berhampur in a very critical condition where she succumbed to her injuries on Thursday morning.<br /><br />The local police in Aska town have registered a case and begun an investigation.</p>
<p>A 12-year-old schoolgirl, who set herself ablaze after her poor parents refused to buy her a pencil and a notebook in Aska town in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Wednesday, died on Thursday at a government hospital in Berhampur.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The girl, identified as Jayanti Naik, asked her mother for Rs 10 to buy a pencil and a notebook.<br /><br />The mother refused as she had no money but assured her that she will give it to her after returning home from work.<br /><br />However, after her mother, a daily wager, left home, Jayanti, a Class VII student at the local government girls high school, locked herself in a room before dousing herself in kerosene and setting herself on fire.<br /><br />Though her father, also a daily wager, was present in the house, he could do little as he has been a paralytic for some time now.<br /><br />Neighbours rushed to the house and rescued the girl after hearing her screams. However, by that time, she had already suffered 70 per cent burns.<br /><br />She was rushed to the MKCG medical college and hospital in Berhampur in a very critical condition where she succumbed to her injuries on Thursday morning.<br /><br />The local police in Aska town have registered a case and begun an investigation.</p>
