MP: Indore Pharmacy College Principal Dies After Being Set On Fire By Ex-Student

Vimukta Sharma, the principal of BM Pharmacy College who was set on fire by a former student, passed away due to her burn injuries at local Hospital on Saturday morning

Five days after she was set ablaze by her former student, the 54-year-old principal of a private pharmacy college in Madhya Pradesh's Indore succumbed to her burn injuries at a local hospital early on Saturday, police said.

The victim, Dr. Vimukta Sharma, principal of B M College of Pharmacy located under Simrol police station area, had been battling for life after a former student of the institute Ashutosh Shrivastava (24) allegedly poured petrol and set her on fire over a mark sheet on Monday, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Bhagwat Singh Virde told PTI.

"We found that the student had failed in the 7th semester. We already arrested the accused," the Superintendent of Police said.

She could not be saved despite the best efforts by doctors. Shrivastava had set her on fire in the college premises leaving her 80 percent burnt, he said.

The accused, who was arrested on Monday, is currently in police custody, Virde said.

The district administration has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against Shrivastava for conspiring and committing the heinous crime, he said.

According to the police official, the accused was earlier booked for attempted murder, but now after the death of the principal, a charge of murder is being added in the first information report (FIR).

Virde said Shrivastava told the police during his interrogation that the authorities of B M College were not handing over the mark sheet of the BPharm examination which he had cleared in July 2022.

However, the college management termed Shrivastava's claim as false and alleged that he has criminal tendencies. The college authorities also claimed that despite being asked to collect his mark sheet repeatedly, he did not take the document. 

According to the police, last October, Shrivastava reportedly stabbed an assistant professor, Dr. Vijay Patel, at the college over a mark sheet dispute similar to the one that led to his recent arrest.

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