Teenager murdered in Maharashtra over Instagram post dispute; one arrested

A 17yearold boy was allegedly murdered in Maharashtrarsquos Wardha district following a dispute over an Instagram post leading to the arrest of a 21yearold man police confirmed on MondayThe incident which took place on Saturday in Pimpalgaon village located in the Hinganghat area stemmed from a monthold disagreement on social media PTI reports According to the police the victim identified as Himanshu Chimney and the accused Manav Jumnake had engaged in an Instagram activity in which they invited social media users to cast votes on a post they had uploadedAs per PTI Chimney secured more votes than Jumnake which reportedly led to tensions between the two While the specific details of the Instagram post have not been disclosed by the authorities an official from the Hinganghat police station stated that the dispute escalated over time eventually culminating in a physical confrontationOn Saturday Chimney and Jumnake decided to meet in person to discuss their differences However what began as a conversation soon devolved into a heated verbal altercation The accused allegedly accompanied by a friend then attacked Chimney with a knife inflicting fatal injuries according to the policeWoman lecturer who was set on fire by stalker in Wardha diesThe 25yearold woman lecturer who was set ablaze by a stalker in Maharashtras Wardha district last week died while undergoing treatment at a hospital here on Monday morning officials said Ankita Pisudde resident of Hinganghat town in Wardha had been critical after sustaining 35 to 40 per cent grade III burns on February 3 when she was set afire allegedly by one Vikesh Nagrale 27 while she was on way to her college they said She was undergoing treatment at the Orange City Hospital amp Research Centre here located around 75 km from WardhaDoctors at the hospital declared her dead at 655 am today Hinganghats police inspector Satyaveer Bandiwar said The woman sustained deep burn injuries on scalp face right upper limb left hand upper back neck and eyes along with severe inhalational injuries the hospital said in a medical bulletin on Monday She died of septicemic shock after suffering from deep dermal burns along with severe inhalational injuries respiratory distress and related complications it saidAround 4 am onMondayher oxygen levels deteriorated inspite of ventilator support coupled with decreasing urine output and reduction in blood pressure the hospital said As part of immediate resuscitation measures medicines were escalated to maintain the blood pressure and all feasible steps were taken to improve the oxygen levels in blood but the patient remained extremely critical it said Around 630 am she had bradycardia and inspite of prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation the patient could not be revived and was declared dead at 655 am it saidThe probable cause of death was septicemic shock the bulletin added During her treatment she underwent tracheostomy creating an opening in neck to place a tube into the windpipe to allow air to enter the lungs burn dressings debridement and escharotomies the hospital informed Debridement is a medical procedure to remove dead damaged or infected tissue while escharotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat fullthickness thirddegree circumferential burnsThe womans parents and uncle were kept informed about her deteriorating health condition and death the hospital said adding that the body was later handed over to police for postmortem and other formalities After the womans condition deteriorated the hospital informed about her critical status to Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Wardha Guardian Minister Sunil Kedar Nagpur Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar Police Commissioner Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay Wardha Collector Vivek Bhimanwar and Wardha Superintendent of Police Basavraj TeliHeavy security was deployed in Hinganghat to avoid any law and order problem following her death the police said Several locals mostly women and college students took out a march in Wardha city last Thursday demanding death penalty for the accused Home Minister Deshmukh visited the hospital on Tuesday and announced that the accuseds trial would be fasttracked The state government last week flew Navi Mumbaibased National Burns Centre director Sunil Keswani to Nagpur to supervise the womans treatmentIt has also appointed wellknown lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as special public prosecutor in the case According to the victims relatives Nagrale who was arrested within hours of the incident on February 3 had been harassing her for quite some time Nagrale and the woman were friends till two years ago when she severed ties with him due to his irrational behaviour the police earlier saidA special team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Trupti Jadhav will probe the case the Wardha Police said last weekWith inputs from PTI