In a horrific incident, a man allegedly set ablaze a 25-year-old woman at Pratappur village under the Purusottampur police station in Ganjam district on Tuesday evening.
Later, the accused identified as Kruhana Chandra Sahoo of the village was arrested based on the dying declaration of the woman. Sahoo was nabbed while he was trying to flee Berhampur.
Sources said Krushna and the woman were in love relationship for a year. Sources said Krushna called the woman to a secluded house in
the village. However, he allegedly threw some inflammable items on the woman and set her on fire before fleeing from the spot.
Hearing the screams of the woman, locals rushed to the spot and doused the fire. .
Getting information from locals, police rushed to the spot and shifted the woman to the Purusottampur Community Health Centre (CHC) from where she was referred to the MKCG Medical College Hospital in Brahmapur.
The woman who had received around 80-90 per cent burns, later succumbed to the injuries at night.