While Senthil, the stalker, died at the spot, the girl was admitted in JIPMER with over 80 per cent burn injuries. It was on Saturday afternoon, the girl was attacked by a 30-year-old man who set himself and her ablaze for spurning him. What right he has to take away the life of a precious girl just because she did not reciprocate his feelings? A minor girl from Villupuram, who was fighting for life after she suffered 80 per cent burn injuries in a recent stalker attack, died at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Puducherry in the wee hours on Wednesday. According to police officials, Senthil who entered the house with a can of petrol had first locked the door from inside.

Source: Indian Express August 03, 2016 09:45 UTC