The unnamed girl allegedly hails from Suwal Kuchchi, a village in Assam, India/ She and her boyfriend had been together for about three years, after originally meeting on Facebook. The HIV-positive boy, from the town of Hajo, had tried to elope with his beloved a couple of times in the past, but the girl’s parents had tracked them down and brought her back home.

This time around, instead of running away with her lover, the 15-year-old found an even more extreme way of proving her love for him. She allegedly used a syringe to inject herself with his HIV-infected blood, knowing the risks she was exposing herself to. It’s unclear if the boy was aware of her intentions, but it’s hard to imagine how else she got hold of a syringe with his blood

Meanwhile, the boyfriend has been detained by the police while the girl is presently being monitor in a hospital.