KANPUR, Sept. 9 -- A 33-year-old married woman succumbed to burn injuries in Saifai medical university on Monday night after allegedly being set on fire by a stalker and his accomplices in Farrukhabad's Kotwali area on September 6. The victim was accosted while she was on her way to purchase medicines, her father claimed. The victim, Nisha Chauhan, in a statement to her father, mentioned that she was surrounded by one Deepak of Nagla Jaitpur, along with five others. The youth, who had allegedly been stalking the victim for months, poured petrol on her and set her ablaze before fleeing. Despite her injuries, Nisha managed to ride her scooter to a private hospital. Given the severity of her burns, she was referred to the Lohia Hospital and subsequently to the medical university in Saifai, where she died during treatment. On a complaint filed by the victim's father, Balram Singh, the police registered a case under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 191 (2) (unlawful assembly of five or more people with a shared criminal purpose) of the BNS. The FIR named Deepak and five unidentified individuals. It was alleged that the accused used to pressurise the victim, Nisha Chauhan, to speak to him over the phone. DIG (Kanpur Range), Harish Chandra, said the police have CCTV footage of Nisha riding to the hospital. "In her conversation, she purportedly mentioned receiving burns while cooking food. An FIR of murder has been registered against six people and investigations are being conducted," he said. HTC...