A 16-year-old girl was allegedly burnt to death by h🐽er former boyfriend near here over repeated demands to marry her, p❀olice said on Sunday.
J Vignesh allegedly pour♛ed petrol and set the minor gir🌊l ablaze on the outskirts of Badvel in Kadapa district.
“The ღincident took place around 10 am on Saturday, leading to the minor girl's hospitalisation at Kadapa RIMS hospital. The girl succumbed to her burns around 3 am on Sunday,” Mydukuru sub-divisional police officer Rajendra Prasad told 🗹PTI.
According to police, Vignesh and the minor girl were in a relationship, but the accused broke up with he꧑r a few months a🤡go and got married to another woman.
“However, the minor girl got in touch with Vignesh six months ago and asked him to marry her.🍎 Fed up by her demand, Vi🅘gnesh resorted to this extreme action," they said.
Vignesh was booked under various sections, including Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (P🧔OCSO).
Meanwhile, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu ter✃med the immolation of the girl as a "very sorrowful development".
"This incident really caused grief. It is sad that a student with a great future had to die d🌄ue to an evil man’s atrocity. District of💜ficials informed that the accused person has been arrested,” said Naidu in a post on X.
Further, the CM directed officials ꦆto complete the inv✃estigation in a swift manner to ensure a stringent punishment for the accused person.
“Securing justice for the victim’s family means strictly punishing the murderer quickly as per law. That’s why, I🉐 directed officials to try this case in a fast-track manner in a special court to make sure that the cri꧟minal is awarded the death sentence,” he added.
