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14-year-old girl set ablaze by 23-year-old man succumbs to burns in Madurai
Updated On: 27 February, 2018 07:37 PM IST | Madurai | PTI
A teenage girl, who suffered 70 per cent burns after she was set ablaze by a 23-year-old man for rejecting his marriage proposal, died here today after battling for life for over a week
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A teenage girl, who suffered 70 per cent burns after she was set ablaze by a 23-year-old man for rejecting his marriage proposal, died in Madurai on Tuesday after battling for life for over a week, police said. The 14-year-old was undergoing treatment at the Government Rajaji Hospital. The girl, studying in the ninth standard, was set ablaze when she was returning home on February 16.
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