A teacher in India doused a fellow educator in kerosene and set her on fire in 2015, now he has been sentenced to life in prison.
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A court in India on Tuesday, November 27, convicted a 30-year-old teacher of a private school in Hyderabad for killing a woman colleague by setting her ablaze in March 2015 and sentenced him to life imprisonment, according to a report by NDTV.
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The accused, Challa Shiva Prasad was found guilty of murder. He was also fined him Rs. 2,000 (Dh 100), the Rachakonda Police commissionerate said.
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Police said the 32-year-old woman teacher and Shiva Prasad used to have arguments over certain financial issues as well as work disagreements. On March 24, 2015 Prasad went to her house, where a quarrel again broke out over how the school should be run.
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Next, when she went into the kitchen, Prasad locked the front door, pushed her down, doused her with kerosene and set her on fire.
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Neighbours rushed to the house due to the noise and screams and found the body and Prasad next to it.
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Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed to the house, broke open the front door and found her lying dead with Shiva Prasad standing near the body.
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Based on a complaint filed by the woman’s husband, a case was registered and Prasad was arrested, according to police, NDTV reported.
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