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A 17-year-old girl died after sustaining burn injuries in outer Delhi’s Ranhola area on Tuesday, while a man was found hanging in a house nearby shortly after with police suspecting that he died by suicide.

A senior police officer has nixed claims that the two were in a relationship.

The girl was taken to a hospital with severe burn injuries where she died during treatment. In another lane close to her residence, a man was found hanging under suspicious circumstances, they said.

Both bodies have been sent for post-mortem. Investigations are underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events and whether the two incidents are linked, police added.

According to the officer, the girl set herself on fire after having an altercation with her family.

He said that c

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