Jilted lover sets teenage girl on fire in revenge. STOCK IMAGE
Reports said that Sajid Qureshi, a cloth merchant and also a resident of Kaltarpur Muhalla, wanted to marry 18 year old Aqsa, daughter of the late Ikram Qureshi. The girl’s mother refused his proposal, as the man is said to be an alcoholic. Reports said that the man kept on pursuing her, but the girl’s mother and brother repeatedly refused his overtures.
On Monday morning, the accused Sajid Qureshi, who was reportedly drunk, broke into the house of Ikram Qureshi and tried to assault Aqsa. The girl resisted and started screaming for help. The accused then threw kerosene oil on her, set her on fire and fled, reports added.
Reports suggested that the girl’s mother and brother were not at home and rushed after hearing her screams and put out the fire, but by then she had received burn injuries on her face, hands and chest. The girl was rushed to the taluka hospital, where the doctors said that 60 to 65 per cent of her body was burnt, and referred her to a Karachi hospital.
Kandiyaro police, on the complaint of the girl’s brother Nabeel Qureshi, has lodged an FIR against Sajid Qureshi and arrested him. The SHO Kandiyaro Asad Nabi Khichi, talking to The Express Tribune, claimed that the man in question lives adjacent to girl’s house. According to him, this matter was going on for months and Sajid Qureshi’s proposal was refused more than once by the girl’s mother and brother.
Irked by the man’s pestering, the family had sought the help of some influential person and three months ago, the matter was resolved and Sajid had promised not to bother them again, the officer said. The officer confirmed that on Monday, the accused allegedly broke into their house and threw kerosene oil on the girl and put her on fire.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2015.
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Oh no wait, I have to go to protest against charlie hebdo!!!!!!
@Anon: Acid burns, rapes and crimes against women may be common happenings in India but that should not desensitize people to crime. It may be more common in India and more daily rapes go on in India so it isn't big new there but for Pakistan this incident is shocking and needs to be punished in the most severe way.
He should also be burnt. Only then he will realize the pain of that innocent girl.
When there will be no fear of execution, the same will happen again and again. A society without proper punishments is of nowwhere.
Accused must be tried in Anti Terrorist Court to give death penalty.
yes, it is such a brutality which can never be accomodated, state still is hepless, how would they be able to deter taliban like outfits, it is index of failed state on all fronts
who cares.......we are only interested in the cases happening in India........we take immense pleasure in that......