Overview
- Police say the 27-year-old, Kiran, died in Anjananagar on Tuesday after his partner lured him home, tied and blindfolded him, and set him on fire.
- Officers have registered a murder case, taken the woman into custody, and sent the body for post-mortem as they map the sequence of events.
- Investigators report that her suicide claim unraveled when CCTV showed Kiran arrived without any fuel and scene marks indicated restraints.
- Police have seized her phone and say a video of the burning is now key digital evidence under forensic review.
- Detectives are probing motive and premeditation, citing tensions over marriage and signs that petrol or kerosene was arranged in advance.