Nelyadi: In a tragic incident of suicide, a young woman poured kerosene and set herself on fire at Nelyadi in the district.
The deceased young woman has been identified as Navya Joseph (21), daughter of V.J Joseph, resident of Nelyadi and owner of Nelyadi Naveen Interlock.
It is learned that Navya had completed her BBA degree from Mangaluru’s St Aloysius College in the previous academic year and was spending her day at home. On Sunday night, around 10.30 pm, she had retired into her room to sleep and the family found that the door to her room remained closed until 8 am on Monday. Alarmed by this, her mother tried calling her mobile phone, which went unanswered. Navya’s father, V.J Joseph then broke open the door and found that she had ended her life.
It is being said that Navya had allegedly poured kerosene over her body and lit herself on fire.
Uppinangady police, who visited the site of the accident have undertaken an investigation.
