VIZIANAGARAM: A man set ablaze his fiancée while she was asleep at her house at a village in Vizianagaram district on Friday. The police said the man was not happy as the victim allegedly was close to someone else. This led to the break up of the betrothal.
The woman, received second degree burns and was hospitalised. Her elder sister and nephew were also injured when they attempted to rescue the woman. All three received first degree burns.
Police arrested the accused who is a driver and hails from Srikakulam district. Two years ago, the attacker fell in love with the woman. They were engaged in August and the marriage was fixed for October with the blessings of both families.
The man, however, started suspecting the woman of having an affair with someone else in the village. He often quarrelled with her over the issue and decided to back out from the marriage. But the woman’s family put pressure on him to marry .
Cops reached spot in 20 mins
Ramulamma’s elder sister Santhoshi and her son Arvind rushed in to her rescue. Rambabu also tried to kill them. They suffered 15 to 25% burns.
Vizianagaram police chief Deepika M Patil said Santhoshi called the police through Disha SOS app. “Police reached the spot within 20 minutes despite heavy rain and shifted the injured to hospital. The injured are in a stable condition,” she said.
Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed officials to shift the injured persons to Visakhapatnam for better medical care.
