Four doused with petrol and set afire by eight others in Bikaner, says SP

BIKANER: Four persons were doused with petrol and set on fire on Sunday in Nokha near here by a bunch of miscreants with two of the victims suffering severe burns and one battling for life, said police.

The incident took place on a road right behind Nokha police station in the town where a group of seven or eight persons intercepted the victims travelling in a jeep, poured petrol over the vehicle as well as its occupants and set them afire, said Bikaner superintendent of police Pradeep Mohan Sharma.

The victims somehow managed to get out of the vehicles but collapsed on road, prompting passerby to raise a hue and cry and rush them to the hospital, he said.

“Two of the four persons, Shanti Lal and Ajit Singh, received major burn injuries and the condition of Shanti Lal is critical,” said Sharma, adding the victims have been admitted to PBM Government Hospital.

“Primary investigation has marrying his daughter Amrutha revealed that the two groups had against his wishes. an old dispute between them,” he

Rao allegedly paid ₹1 crore to said. the contract killer Subhash The four accused have been Sharma to kill Pranay. identified as Suresh Vishnoi,

Amrutha told local reporters Govind Dan and Rahul and in Miryalguda that she had neither Rewant. Meanwhile, Nokha MP seen nor talked to her father Bihari Lal demanded immediate since Pranay’s murder. “I came arrest of the accused involved in to know about my father’s death the case. Additional SP, deputy only through media. I don’t SP and other policemen rushed

› know the reason behind his suicide. to the spot and efforts were being May be, he regretted killing made to arrest the accused. my husband,” she said.

Two of the four Sravan told reporters at

Osmania General Hospital that

persons, Shanti Lal there were no dispute in the family.

and Ajit Singh, received

“I went to jail in the murder

major burn injuries case because I had earlier warned Amrutha for marrying

and the condition of him. I was not in touch with my brother since I came out on bail,”

Shanti Lal is critical... he said. He said his brother had been under a lot of psychological PRADEEP MOHAN SHARMA, pressure because the trial in the Bikaner SP case would begin shortly.