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A 21-year-old engineering student committed suicide on Wednesday by setting himself on fire outside the house of his estranged wife in Jamia Nagar area of southeast Delhi,police said on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Akash. he was pursuing B.Tech from Manav Rachna University in Faridabad. The police said the couple had been living separately for some time after differences cropped up between them.
They got married two years ago and were natives of Jamshedpur. After marriage they were living in Sarita Vihar but a few months later they started having regular fights. It was then that Anu decided to shift, said a senior police officer. The police said they had informed the family members to verify whether they were aware of the marriage or not.
The police said Akash was carrying a bottle of kerosene when he arrived at Anus house. Soon after,he set himself on fire. He was taken to Safdarjung Hospital where he was declared dead.
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