A 17-year-old girl died after she was allegedly set on fire at her residence in Kakkanad, a suburb of Kerala’s Kochi, by a man on Wednesday. The man committed suicide by setting himself on fire too. The accused poured petrol on the minor and set her ablaze inside the house. Mithun, who had poured petrol over himself, was also burnt after the fire caught his body. This is the fourth such incident of a woman being set on fire in Kerala in the past eight months.

Source: Indian Express October 10, 2019 05:15 UTC