UP: Disguised as woman, man sets married lover afire after she refuses to elope with him | Latest News India
Mathura , A 28-year-old man disguised as a woman set his married lover afire inside her house here after she refused to elope with him, police said. UP: Disguised as woman, man sets married lover afire after she refuses to elope with him As the woman’s neighbours rushed to her house after hearing her screams on Tuesday afternoon, Umesh, who was wearing a lehenga, tried to escape by jumping from the terrace and sustained severe injuries in the process, police said. Both Rekha , who suffered over 70 per cent burns, and Umesh are undergoing treatment at SN Medical College in Agra, they said. Rekha, a resident of Koh village, was alone at home watching TV when the incident occurred. Her children, aged seven and five, were at school and her husband Sanju, a farm labourer, was away at work, Farah police station in-charge Sanjay Kumar Pandey said. Around noon, Umesh, a resident of Hasanpur village in Haryana and the brother of Rekha’s elder sister-in-law reached her house with a bottle of petrol, the police …




