A heart-wrenching case has come to light in Kanpur, UP. A deaf and mute youth of Jaipur set himself on fire outside his girlfriend’s house in Hansapuram of Naubasta area. The young man hugged the girlfriend who came out to save him. Both have been admitted to Ursala Hospital in critical condition. The young man had reached his girlfriend’s house from Jaipur on Wednesday morning itself. The girl’s father lodged a report at Naubasta police station.
The girl living in Hansapuram, Naubasta is deaf. On Facebook, he became friends with Vijay (22), son of Om Prakash, resident of JE Colony, Jaipur. The girl’s father told that the daughter went to Jaipur with the young man in December last year. When there was a rift between the two, she came back to her house. Vijay reached his house in Hanspuram from Jaipur at around 7.30 am on Wednesday. For some time the young man stood outside the house. a
Pan had brought petrol with him in a plastic bottle. He sprinkled oil on his body outside the house. Taking a chance, the young man entered the house and took a match from the kitchen of the girl and set her body on fire. When the family members tried to put out the fire, they started running. In the meantime, the creation also arrived. On seeing the girl, Vijay hugged her.
The girl also got scorched after coming in contact with the youth surrounded by fire. The family somehow extinguished the fire and informed the police. Both were admitted to Ursala Hospital, where the condition of the youth is said to be critical. DCP South Raveena Tyagi said that the police have admitted both of them to the hospital on the information of a deaf and deaf youth setting fire. On the complaint of the father, a case has been registered against the youth under serious sections.