INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Updated: Feb 03, 2020 15:16 IST
Wardha (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): A 24-year-old woman lecturer was set ablaze allegedly by a jilted lover in
Maharashtra's Wardha district near Hinganghat area on Monday
The unmarried woman has suffered approximately 40 per cent burn injuries and is being treated in a Nagpur-based hospital.Speaking on the
incident, Police Inspector Satyaveer Bhandivar said, "The incident took place when the woman was heading to her college at around 7 am on
The man threw kerosene on the woman and set her on fire
The victim was taken to the hospital by the locals present at the site
She has been taken to Nagpur for further treatment
The accused man is absconding, we are trying to search him." The police have assured that they are trying to ascertain the motive behind the
incident.Meanwhile, the Nagpur based hospital has issued a medical bulletin stating that the victim has suffered 40 per cent burn
injuries."The woman lecturer was brought from Primary Health Center, Hinganghat by Hinganghat police to Nagpur based Orange City Hospital
and Research Institute, with history of being burnt alive in front of her academic institute today morning at around 7:15, am," hospital's
statement read.Primary aid was provided to the patient and was reviewed by the Burns and Plastic Surgeon."She is noticed to be suffering
from Grade III Deep dermal burns covering the scalp, face, right upper limb, left hand, upper back, full neck with an approximation of 40
per cent burns with inhalational injuries affecting respiratory system also
She is presently admitted to CCU," the statement further read.The accused, who is already married is absconding and a case has been
registered in this matter
