Rejection Revenge Takes Ugly Turn; A man set fire to a building and killed 7 people in Madhya Pradesh
A man took his revenge on a woman by setting up a fire in the building parking lot at Indore, Madhya Pradesh which killed seven people because she rejected him. The woman was a resident of the building and used to work in a fashion boutique. She and her mother were safely evacuated.
The police said the man was Shubham Dixit, 27, also known by Sanjay, who started the fire as revenge on a woman who rejected him. Following that incident, he sneaked into the building at 2:55 a.m on Saturday and poured something on the woman’s scooter which leads to a massive flash of fire that spread to other vehicles parked there and snowballed into the killer blaze that claimed seven lives. The accused is from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh.
“In the CCTV footage retrieved from the building’s parking lot, Sanjay was seen entering at 2.55 am on Saturday and pouring something on the woman’s scooter,” said Sampat Upadhyay, a senior police officer in Indore.
“The retrieved footage showed a big flash of fire which spread to other vehicles parked there and snowballed into the killer blaze that claimed seven lives,” he said, adding that the man was also seen trying to tamper with the CCTV cameras installed at the spot.
The accused fell on the road and injured himself while he was trying to flee said the police.
“He was arrested late last night. He tried to flee and in the process, fell on the road in Lohamandi area and got injured. He has been accused of murder and mischief by fire intending to cause destruction.”
