A 21-year-old girl in Malwani died after an unknown person set her on fire in her home. The incident occurred on Thursday, and the girl passed away yesterday after succumbing to her burn injuries. Cops suspect that the girl was raped before she was set on fire by the alleged accused, whose identity has not been ascertained yet.

According to cops at the Malwani police station, the deceased came out of her house in flames on Thursday evening, shouting for help. One of her neighbours, a woman, opened the door and saw that the girl was on fire. She tried to douse the flames and later took the girl to the Shatabdi Hospital. In her statement to the police at the hospital, the girl said that a bearded man set her on fire.