Davangere police clarify: No stone-pelting in banner dispute, says SP Uma Prashanth
Davangere: Superintendent of Police Uma Prashanth clarified that no stone-pelting or communal clashes took place in connection with a banner installation in Karl Marx Nagar, 13th Cross, Davangere.
In a statement, the SP said that a verbal altercation occurred last night over the issue of banner installation, but reports of stone-pelting or rioting were incorrect.
Upon receiving information, IGP Ravikanthe Gowda and SP Uma Prashanth visited the spot and reviewed the situation. According to police, members of one community objected to the installation of a flex banner, leading to a brief dispute between youths of two communities. However, the situation did not escalate into violence.
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Telangana: Man sets woman on fire for 'rejecting' marriage proposal
Hyderabad (PTI): A 28-year-old married woman was set on fire allegedly by a man after she "rejected" his marriage proposal in Mahabubabad town on Tuesday, police said.
The accused, in his 40s, who runs a shop, had developed an "illicit" relationship with the woman and was suspecting that she was in contact with another person and that she was "ignoring" him.
He poured petrol on the woman when she was alone at her house and set her on fire. He then hugged her and both of them suffered injuries, police said.
They were initially shifted to Government Hospital in Mahabubabad and later admitted to another state-run Hospital in Warangal for further treatment.
As per the doctors, the woman suffered 90 per cent burns in the incident while the accused 75 per cent burns, police said.
The woman's mother, in a complaint to the police, stated that her daughter was married to a man in Gudur mandal.
Due to family disputes, the woman came to Mahabubabad along with her two children and was residing there for the past three years.
She was running a vegetable cart. The accused was already married, and his wife had passed away. He developed an"illicit" relationship with the woman, police said.
The accused allegedly forced and harassed the victim to marry him, the complainant said.
Based on a complaint, an attempt to murder case was registered in connection with the incident, police added.
