The Hindu : New Delhi News : Fashion designer dies of burn injuries

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Fashion designer dies of burn injuries

NEW DELHI: Fashion designer Mona Suri, who had been battling for life for over two months after two men tried to burn her alive at her south Delhi residence, died at a hospital here on Saturday.

The end of the 35-year-old designer came late in the night following a multiple-organ failure, her family and doctors said.

Her condition deteriorated on Thursday evening and doctors had put her on life support system for the first time since she was admitted. The functioning of her kidneys, lungs and respiratory system had stopped on Saturday morning and doctors had been trying to revive her.

Mona’s family demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Mona was admitted to Safdurjung Hospital with 80 per cent burns on August 12 after two unidentified attackers who came on a motorbike poured kerosene and threw a lighted match-stick on her at her residence in Greater Kailash II.

She had alleged that one Rachna, a colleague of her husband Naveen Suri, might be behind the attack as she had a relationship with him. Based on the statement, police registered a case against Rachna under charges of causing grievous hurt and criminal conspiracy. — PTI

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