Daijiworld Media Network - Mysuru (SP)

Mysuru, Mar 17: In a shocking incident which happened at Hebbalu in the city on Thursday March 16, a young lady tried to set her grandparents afire. It is said that the woman, who is into modelling, and who is heavily addicted to drugs, was angry at the efforts being made by her aged grandparents to bring back her senses.

The girl in question has been identified as Priyadarshini (22). She is a fashion model and had been addicted to drugs since long. After her parents divorced, the girl's mother had committed suicide two years back. The girl, who had failed to clear PU examination, had started to live with her grandparents since then.

The youngster did not take kindly to the advice being meted out to her by her aged grandparents, Somasundar (85), and his wife, Leelavathi, residents of Laxmikantha Nagara in Hebbalu here. Attacking her grandparents was her routine habit, neighbours stated. On Thursday too, the lady got wild after her grandparents advised her to mend her ways. She threatened them on Thursday afternoon of killing them, put them inside the house, and then set the swing on fire.

By the time the flames spread to the whole house, the neighbours called the police and fire brigade. The personnel from both these departments arrived and stopped fire from spreading, and rescued the trapped senior citizens from inside the house. Those living in the vicinity said that Priyadarshini, who is addicted to drugs and liquor, has made it a habit to misbehave with the neighbours too apart from creating problems for them. A case stands registered against the lady in Hebbalu police station and investigation has been taken up.