Alappuzha (Kerala):A Kerala policeman who allegedly set ablaze his female colleague, died at the Medical College Hospital where he was also treated for burns on Wednesday evening.
Ajaz, a policeman working at the Aluva Traffic police, was close to 32-year-old Soumya Pushapakaren, who worked as a policewoman at the Vallikunnu police station.
He first knocked her down on the road with his car, then stabbed her and finally set her ablaze last Saturday at around 3 pm in Mavelikkara municipality.
While she died instantly, Ajaz also suffered burns and was rushed to the hospital.
His condition turned worse, and he died around 5:40 pm on Wednesday, police said.
While his arrest was recorded and in his statement taken by a magistrate, he told his friends that things went out of control.
Ajaz wanted to marry his colleague, a mother of three, and they had financial dealings in the past.
Ajaz came in a car and hit Pushapakeren, who was on her two-wheeler, going from her home to her workplace at the Vallikunnu police station.
As she got up and tried to flee, Ajaz slashed her with a sword and after she fell down again, doused her with petrol and set her ablaze.
A terrified Pushapakeren ran into a nearby home where she collapsed and succumbed to her injuries, police said.
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