BENGALURU: The condition of Meghana, a 21-year-old second year engineering student who had sustained burns along with three of her family members at her house on Saturday after her jilted lover set her house ablaze in Sriramapura, is critical and her chances of survival are minimal, said one of the doctors treating her at St John’s Hospital on Monday.
Addressing a press conference, the doctor said that she sustained 58 per cent burns mostly on her back and face, and that her kidneys have stopped functioning.
Meghana and her sister Sanjana, who has sustained 20 per cent burns, are being treated at the ICU of the Hospital. Sanjana may have to undergo a surgery later.
A team of plastic surgeons, headed by Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Vijay Joseph, and experts in critical care, headed by Dr Sampath, are attending to them.
Srirampura police arrested 22-year-old Deepak, an engineering dropout and Meghana’s boyfriend, for setting his girlfriend’s house on fire in Sai Baba Nagar for postponing their marriage plans last Saturday. In the fire, Meghana and Sanjana, who were sleeping in the hall, sustained burns. Meghana’s parents escaped with minor injuries, but a portion of the house was gutted.
Deepak had bought 2 litres of petrol, climbed to the top of a nearby building, managed to break open a window of Meghana’s house and allegedly poured petrol into the hall where Meghana was sleeping along with her sister Sanjana. He then went to her parent’s bedroom, poured petrol and set the house ablaze.
