A 28-year-old man has set a woman ablaze in public view in Telangana’s Secunderabad after she rejected his marriage proposal.
The man approached his lover and requested for marriage. He was expecting a yes only for the woman to reject him.Dejected, the man rushed to his house, poured petrol into a bottle .He then set the woman ablaze. The victim, a 25-year-old woman, succumbed to her burn injuries minutes later.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (north zone) B Sumathi said, “The accused has confessed his crime. On questioning the man told us that he set her on fire after she rejected his marriage proposal and he did not want her to accept anyone else.”
Sumathi also added that the accused also told the police that the victim rejected him saying that she was more beautiful and talented than him.
Another officer of Telangana Police said, “The victim succumbed to her injuries around 7:30 am while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad.”