Woman Set Ablaze After Quarrel By Partner In Odisha: Police

The woman, in her dying declaration, said that she had been in a relationship with the accused, police said.

A 24-year-old lab technician was allegedly set ablaze by a man with whom she was in a relationship, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at a village in Ganjam district on Tuesday. The man, a software engineer by profession, has been detained. The accused quarreled with the victim near an abandoned house following which he allegedly poured petrol on her and set her on fire, the police said.