Fuelled over enmity, a 24-year-old woman was set ablaze by habitual criminal at Berkhedi under Jehangirabad police station area.
According to the police the victim Yashoda Yadav was alone when the accused Sachin Yadav entered the house and set her ablaze. The victim was rushed to Hamidia hospital where her condition is reportedly stable.
Police said that the victim and accused are residents of the same area and had a fight in the past and on Tuesday evening the accused entered the house when the victim was cooking and when the victim he scuffled with her and threw petrol over the victim and as she was near cooking stove she sustained burn injuries.
The accused has past criminal record and has been booked by Jehangirabad police for extortion, bullying, theft, burglary and attempt to murder. Based on the complaint after preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 307 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The search for the accused has been intensified and would be nabbed soon.
Meanwhile, fuelled over age old enmity several rounds of bullets were fired to threaten a 34-year-old man at Berkhedi under Jehangirabad police station area late in the night on Tuesday.
The victim Mohammad Javed told the police that Firoz Chidda, Bada Sahnu,
Rashid Chuha and Shoaib Anna along with four others came in the night and fired several bullets in the air and tried to enter the house.
Police were informed and on the receipt of the information a police team was rushed to spot but before they could reach the accused escaped the spot. The police have registered a case 307, 147, 148, 149 and 458 of the IPC and have started search for the accused.