A college principal in Indore dies after being set on fire by a student
Principal of BM Pharmacy College in Indore, Vimukta Sharma dies after being set on fire by a former student who succumbed to her injuries at a hospital on Saturday morning. She died around 4 am, India Today, citing her brother Arvind Tiwari.
“The principal has succumbed to her injuries during treatment. We found that the student had failed in the 7th semester. We already arrested the accused,” news agency ANI quoted Bhagwat Singh Virde, Police superintendent (Indore rural),
“During the probe, we found two to three complaints were made against Srivastava by the pharmacy college authorities, the woman principal and other staff, who claimed the accused was threatening suicide,” he told the news agency PTI.
“Sharma was near her car when Shrivastava came and poured petrol on her. He then set her afire. Some passersby doused the fire and informed the police,” said Virde.
