Chennai: Rejected by woman, BTech grad sets her & mom on fire, kills self – Times of India

CHENNAI: A 26-year-old woman and her 50-year-old mother died on Friday after being set on fire alive by a man at Korukkupet in a case of unrequited love. The perpetrator, too, died after he set himself afire, police said.
Satishkumar alias Boobalan, a BTech graduate residing at Ananthanayaki Nagar in Korukkupet, jumped into Rajitha’s house around 3am on Friday by removing the roof tile after he was denied entry into the house by the family late on Thursday.
According to police, Rajitha got a job with the Chennai corporation after her father Venkatesan died in duty four years ago. She was residing with her mother Venkatamma. Satishkumar, who was a contract car driver with the corporation, fell in love with Rajitha.
Police quoting sources said the couple used to be seen together quite often.
Venkatamma, meanwhile, fixed a marriage proposal for her daughter with another man and a formal engagement happened last week. From then on, Rajitha started avoiding Satishkumar and refused to talk to him.
Neighbours saw smoke billow out, called cops
From then on, Rajitha started avoiding Satishkumar and refused to talk to him.
Around 3am on Friday, Satishkumar entered into Rajitha’s house with a bottle of petrol and threatened her and her mother to accept his marriage proposal. As they refused, he poured the fuel on them and torched them alive before ending his life, police said.
Neighbours, who spotted smoke emanating from the house, alerted police and fire services personnel. Police found three charred bodies inside the locked house. The bodies have been sent to Stanley Hospital for autopsy.
A case has been filed by the R K Nagar police. Further probe is on.
(Assistance for those with suicidal thoughts is available on Tamil Nadu’s health helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050).