Thiruvananthapuram: In an appaling case, On rejecting proposal, a man set an 18-year-old girl on fire after she rejected his advances. The accused poured petrol on her on a street in broad daylight and set her ablaze.

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A man, witnesses to the ghastly crime, overpowered the accused, Ajin Reji Mathew, and handed him over to the police.

The victim is  a student of radiology and a native of Ayiroor, Pathanamthitta. She has been hospitalised and the initial reports suggest that she has suffered 75 per cent burns. The accused tried to flee the scene of crime but was caught.

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The witness that Mathew had set the girl on fire after pouring petrol over her. 

The accused told the police that he was provoked after the girl refused his proposal. Enraged by the rejection, he committed the crime. However, police have continued with the questioning of the accused as he had petrol with him at the time she rejected his proposal. The police is investigatibg the case further.