The Economic Times

Bengaluru: Teen neighbour kills software engineer twice his age after rejection, sets flat on fire to make it appear a natural death

A Bengaluru fire initially believed to be accidental has been reclassified as murder. Police allege a 17-year-old student killed his 34-year-old neighbor after she rejected his advances, then set her flat ablaze to conceal the crime. The discovery of struggle marks and forensic evidence shifted the investigation from accident to premeditated murder.