The man had picked up the woman and wanted to go to Goa with her, but she refused
Picture for representational purpose.
Kozhikode: Tamil youth, Suresh Kannan, 24, suspected of dousing a woman with petrol and setting her ablaze on a stationary train at Kannur railway station on October 20, has been sent to Railway police custody.
Thrissur town east circle inspector K A Biju on Friday confirmed that the suspect had travelled along with the victim from Kozhikode the previous night and planned to take her to Goa from Kannur.
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But the woman, allegedly a sex worker, picked up a quarrel with him and refused to go with him to Goa.
Furious at this, the youth fetched petrol from a nearby petrol pump and used it to set the woman on fire inside the coach.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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