News about Ankita Singh

Ankita Singh, 19, (left) died on Sunday at a hospital in Ranchi, in the eastern state of Jharkhand, five days after Shahrukh Hussain (inset) reportedly set her on fire, five days after she was reported on fire five days after she was allegedly set her on fire five days after Shahrukh Hussain (inset) allegedly set her on fire. After Shahrukh, a Muslim, reportedly wanted to commit "love jihad" by marrying Ankita and requiring her to convert from Hinduism to Islam, her death has sparked demonstrations (right) in the state. Sanjeev Singh, Ankita's distraught father, told her, 'Shahrukh used to tell her: 'I will marry you, accept Islam, or else you will make your life hell.' When Ankita debuffed Shahrukh's advances, he reportedly assaulted her on the phone for days, and then, on the night, he told her if she did not know him. Shahrukh allegedly spat petrol over Ankita's window and called a lit match on her in the early hours of August 23.