- By Nidhi Giri
- Fri, 17 Jan 2025 08:15 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bengaluru News: A 24-year-old woman techie died by suicide after setting herself ablaze in a Bengaluru hotel room because her uncle and aunt allegedly threatened to leak their private messages, intimate videos, and photographs, police said on Thursday. The software professional set herself on fire at Radha Hometel, near Kundalahalli metro station, on Sunday evening, when her uncle forced her to meet him there.
The woman's uncle, who is the prime accused, has been arrested and a detailed probe is underway, the police added.
According to Whitefield Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivakumar Gunar, the woman was initially reluctant to visit the hotel room, where her uncle was waiting, but was forced to do so after he threatened to share her private photos and videos with her parents.
The victim, however, carried some petrol that she poured on herself inside the room and set herself ablaze, police said. She succumbed to injuries in the hospital.
The woman's mother alleged her daughter had been staying with her uncle and aunt for six years, and would even go on trips with them.
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The police said they have seized a pen drive from the man's possession. A case has been registered against the man and his wife under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at HAL Police Station and a detailed probe is underway.
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