06 September,2016 12:26 PM IST | | Sailee Dhayalkar
Mumbai sessions court, on Tuesday, convicted Ankur Panwar for murder of Delhi resident Preeti Rathi in May 2013. Jealous of the latter’s success, Panwar threw acid on her, leading to her death
Preeti Rathi
Mumbai sessions court, on Tuesday, convicted Ankur Panwar for murder of Delhi resident Preeti Rathi in May 2013. Jealous of the latter's success, Panwar threw acid on her, leading to her death. The sentencing will be pronounced tomorrow.
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Rathi had come to Mumbai three years ago to start her career as a naval nurse, never suspecting that her own neighbour would fling acid on her and kill her.
The judgment was pronounced by special Women court judge A S Shende. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam examined the witnesses in the case, which also included Preeti's father and other family members.
The case
Delhi resident Preeti had just completed her nursing course and was selected as a lieutenant nurse in the Indian Navy. On May 2, 2013, she was to report for her first day at naval hospital INHS Asvini and had just reached Bandra Terminus along with her father, when her neighbour, Panwar, threw acid on her.
When the police finally caught up with him in January 2014, almost a year after the incident, they learnt that he had attacked her because he was jealous of her success. Despite spending an exorbitant amount of money on his hotel management education, Ankur was unemployed and was constantly taunted by his parents, who compared him to the younger, more successful Preeti.
