Four BJP leaders suffer burnswhile burning effigy

Four local BJP leaders, including a woman, suffered injuries while burning an effigy during a protest in Warangal against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a nine-month-old girl, police said.

The incident occurred when a BJP worker poured petrol on the already lit effigy, depicting the Telangana government, following which flames shot up, injuring four people,including the party's Warangal Urban unit chief Rao Padma, a police official told PTI over phone.

One of them, who suffered 35 per cent burn injuries, was hospitalised, while the other three sustained minor burns, he said