An incident of a girl allegedly assaulting the family members of her boyfriend and setting his house on fire has now become the talk of the town in Odisha’s Bhadrak.
The incident has been reported from Rukunadeipur village in Basudevpur area. As per initial reports, the girl and a youth of the village were into a love relationship for a long period. However, their relationship turned soar following some disputes between them. Later, the girl had threatened her boyfriend after the latter demanded to return the money which he had given to her.
The boy’s family alleged that after sending a threatening message, the girl along with her associate came to their place and set the house on fire after assaulting them.
“Both the girl and boy were in a relationship. Our son had given around Rs 20 lakh to the girl. When our son demanded the money, the girl came to our house and attacked us. Later, she also torched our house,”said the victim boy’s mother adding that the girl also ransacked their property.
One of the relatives of the boy alleged that the girl had taken Rs 20 lakh. “I was at my tea shop when I got information. Earlier, the girl had threatened to set the boy’s house on fire,” he alleged.
(By Suryadaya Biswal)