KOPPAL : A jilted lover slit the throat of a girl and set her ablaze by pouring petrol near Kushtagi in Koppal district on Saturday morning. She was admitted to a hospital, but succumed to her injuries in the night.
The deceased has been identified as Shahnaz (23), from Choudapur village in Yelburga taluk. She was is an Accredited Nurse Maid (ANM) at Mudenoor Primary Health Cenre in Kushtagi.
She was rushed to the Kushtagi government hospital. As her condition was critical, she was shifted to Kumareshwara Hospital in Bagalkot, said Kushtagi taluk hospital doctor Virupakshappa Allolli.
When Shahnaz was waiting with her mother at Mudenoor to go to Kushtagi for a training programme, Amaregouda from Salunchimara camp in Gangavati taluk offered them a ride on his motorbike.
He, however, stopped the bike near Kushtagi, allegedly silt Shahanaz’s throat with a knife, poured petrol on her and set her on fire. Kamala Bee, who tried to rescue her daughter, also sustained burns.
According to sources close to the matter, Shahnaz and Amaregouda were in a relationship for the past three years. The youth was said to be enraged after Shahnaz recently got engaged to a person of her community.
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