Surat: Shockwaves ran through Dumas, a favourite hangout place for Surtis, when a 24-year-old software engineer was allegedly charred to death in a hotel. The victim, Bhavna Maurya, a resident of Valsad, was murdered by her boyfriend Shiv Kishore in the hotel room. Preliminary investigation revealed that Shiv Kishore first strangulated Maurya and then doused her with kerosene.