Andhra Teen Dies After Stalker Sets Her On Fire For Turning Him Down
NDTV
According to the police, Raghavendra had been proposing to the victim for over three years, but she turned down his advances
A 17-year-old has died in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyala district after a 21-year-old set her on fire because she had rejected his advances. The accused, Raghavendra, suffered 70 per cent burns in the fire he started, news agency PTI has reported. Police have taken him into custody.
According to the police, Raghavendra had been proposing to the victim for over three years, but she turned down his advances. The family, which lives in Kakinada district, sent her to her grandparents' home in Nandyala. But Raghavendra pursued her there.
Late on Monday night, Raghavendra reached the home of the victim's grandparents and knocked on the door of the room the girl was sleeping in. The moment she opened the door, he entered and locked the door from the inside. He then allegedly poured petrol on her and set her on fire. Raghavendra allegedly gagged her so that she could not scream for help.
