THRISSUR: In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old youth died after setting himself ablaze outside the house of a woman. The deceased is Kannara native Arjun Lal (23). The incident took place on Tuesday night. Arjun's friend that Arjun had been in a relationship with the woman. The friend alleged that Arun committed suicide due to love failure. It is said that the woman had distanced herself from Arjun a year ago.

Recently, Arjun had shared the woman’s picture on social media. Following this, her family confronted him and demanded the removal of the picture from social media. However, Arjun refused to delete the image and allegedly threatened to come to her house and end his life.

On the day of the incident, Arjun left his friend's place and headed toward the woman’s house. Upon arriving at the spot, he smashed the windows of her home and then doused himself in petrol before setting himself on fire on the sit-out. Neighbours immediately alerted the Ollur police, who rushed to the scene and took the severely burned youth to the hospital. Despite receiving medical treatment, he succumbed to his injuries today.