MUMBAI: A 26-year-old youth, Devendra Bansode, has been booked for allegedly setting ablaze a 23-year-old girl, Priyanka Kamble, at her fifth-floor flat in an SRA building in Kurla. Kamble suffered 90% burns while the accused suffered 50% burns.
Investigators learnt through the locals that Bansode was having an illicit relationship with Kamble and the matter worsened around 1.30am on Tuesday after his visits at the victim's flat. "Bansode frequently visited the victim's flat after her father passed away. The victim and her mother considered him as a family member. However he was having an illicit relationship with the girl and her mother too," people from the locality said.
The incident occurred half-an-hour after Bansode stepped into Kamble's flat situated on the fifth floor. On seeing Bansode, Kamble's mother stepped out of the house and stayed in the common passage on the floor.
"In the complaint, Kamble's mother Nirmala said that Bansode has set her daughter on fire. Meanwhile Bansode claimed that he suffered the burns when he tried to save her who poured kerosene in front of him and lit match-stick," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Dhananjay Kulkarni.
The matter was observed when the victim's mother found smoke emitting from her flat and the next moment heard her daughter's scream. "On hearing the scream, neighbours rushed out and entered Kamble's flat after breaking the door and found Kamble was burnt while Bansode was found hiding to a corner. They manhandled the half burnt Bansode. Somehow he managed to give a slip," said a Kurla police officer.
The officer said Bansode called one of his friends for help and drove to hospitals in the locality but the officials denied him admission as it was a burn case. "Bansode returned back to the building premise where the victim stays. People took him along with Kamble in a taxi to the Sion hospital," said the officer.
Bansode is booked under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder). Investigations are on.Link: Youth 'sets ablaze' Kurla girl, booked
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