An 18-year-old was allegedly set ablaze by two men on January 1 at Housing Board Colony in Nishatpura. The girl who died was set ablaze after her elder brother eloped with the daughter of the accused.
The girl Naina Chourasia died while undergoing treatment in the morning at Hamidia hospital.
The deceased in her statements before death told the police that the accused girl’s father Radhamohan Agnihotri and her uncle Amit Tiwari came to her house and enquired about her brother Deepak alias Kallu who eloped with Radhamohan’s minor daughter and when she failed to provide the details of her brother and girl they set her ablaze and escaped the spot.
The deceased sustained 80 percent burns which lead to her death. She was rushed to Hamidia hospital after the incident on Sunday.
The deceased used to live with her mother and brother while one of her brother works in Hyderabad who came to the city on January 1 and eloped with the girl whose father and uncle set the deceased ablaze.
In the initial investigation it was found that the deceased immolated herself after the girl’s family members pressurized her but later after her dying statements were recorded it was revealed that she was set ablaze.