Chennai: Woman dies after being set ablaze inside a car by husband

Woman dies after being set ablaze inside a car by husband in Chennai. Nagarajan reportedly left his wife and two children to die inside the car. 

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Prema Nagarjan with her husband
Deceased Prema Nagarjan with her husband.

In Short

  • Wife set ablaze inside car by husband in Chennai.
  • A bitter argument lead to the incident said the police.
  • The woman saved the kids by throwing them out before succumbing.

In brazen incident of marital discord, a 28-year-old woman was set ablaze inside a car by her husband in Saidapet at Chennai. The deceased identified as Prema Nagarajan had an argument with her husband Nagarajan on their way to Teynampet.

The couple was accompanied by their two kids and was travelling in a Maruti Swift. Due to some reason the couple got into a bitter argument. In a fit of rage, Prema poured a bottle of petrol on herself. Police said that the bottle of petrol was kept inside the car for emergency by Nagarajan who is a driver.

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Prema allegedly gave a dying declaration that as she poured petrol over herself to threaten Nagarajan but to her awe he lit a match stick and set her ablaze inside the car. Police sources said that Nagarjan left Prema and their children inside the car to die.

Burnt car
The car in which Prema was set ablaze by her husband.

VICTIM SAVED KIDS

Shocked by what Nagaraj did, Prema threw her two kids out of the car but couldn't move herself to safety. Prema suffered severe burn injuries before someone could come to help.

She was rushed to Kilpauk Medical College but succumbed to her injuries around 6pm on Sunday. Her four year old son Thisanth Raj is in a critical condition as well.

Based on Prema's complaint, Nagaraj was arrested and booked under charges of murder by Saidapet Police.

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