Overview
- Police say the dispute began on June 18 when 23-year-old Divya Kataria confronted 35-year-old Sunil Kumar at his gold-buying shop after learning he was married and that Kumar poured kerosene during the argument, with officers alleging she was set on fire the morning of June 19.
- Kataria was taken first to Artemis Hospital in Gurugram and was later referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, where she died during treatment on June 27.
- After Kataria told a cousin on June 22 that she had been set on fire and threatened, the cousin filed a formal complaint at Sector-9A police station on June 30, prompting the current probe.
- Gurugram police arrested Sunil Kumar and produced him before a court, which granted two days of police custody, and investigators recovered a kerosene bottle and the accused’s mobile phone from his shop.
- The case has shifted from the victim and her mother initially declining to pursue action to an active criminal investigation that will collect further evidence and reconstruct the sequence of events as the family seeks answers.