In a bizarre incident, a spurned lover attacked a woman and set her ablaze after she denied his advances. The victim sustained critical burn injuries in the incident and was hospitalised.
Sources said the accused identified as Dambarudhar Das went to the house of the victim in a slum in Unit 8 under the Nayapalli police station on Wednesday afternoon and in a fit of rage poured petrol on her and set the victim ablaze.
While the accused fled from the spot immediately after the incident, local rushed the woman to the Capital Hospital in a critical condition. Meanwhile, the police have recorded her statement and she was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack after her condition deteriorated.
The Nayapalli police swung into action immediately after the incident and nabbed Dambarudhar from Baramunda bus stand within hours.