Hyderabad woman set on fire by jilted lover dies

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December 22, 2017

Hyderabad, Dec 22: A 25-year-old woman, who was set ablaze on December 21 evening in full public view in Secunderabad by a man suspected to be her lover, succumbed to her burns on December 22 morning, police said.

She died around 7.30 a.m. while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north zone) B. Sumathi said. The woman worked as a receptionist at an aluminium fabrication unit, police said.

“She passed away this morning. We are now altering the case sections also,” Ms. Sumathi said. The police on December 21 registered a case under IPC section 307 (attempt to murder).

A police official earlier said the man was apparently in love with the woman and was harassing her. However, the woman never told her family members about the man or the harassment, the official said.

The police neither disclosed any details about the man nor confirmed if he was taken into custody.

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June 27,2020

Guna (MP),  Jun 27: A 20-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly eloping with her minor partner and "marrying" her at Guna town in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The matter came to light, when a resident of Budhe Balaji area approached the Kotwali police station on Monday with a complaint that his 17-year-old daughter had gone missing, additional superintendent of police T S Baghel said.

On investigation, it was found that a relative from a village Shivpuri district, who was living with the family, was also missing, he said.

A team was sent to the village and the duo was caught on Friday, the official said, adding that the woman had married the minor, who claimed that she had eloped of her own volition.

The woman was arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, while the minor was sent back to her family after counselling.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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June 11,2020

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 11: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly using plastic scrap to make jaggery at Bhokaheri village under Bhopa police station here, as official said on Thursday.

 Police raided a jaggery manufacturing unite (kolhu) and arrested three persons on Wednesday, SHO, Bhopa police station Sanjive Kumar said.

Police have registered a case against five persons including the trio that was arrested while two of them managed to escape, he said, adding that two loaded tractor trollies of plastic scrap have been seized.

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