Actress' Sister Accused of Killing Ex with ‘Raging’ Fire Because He Rejected Attempts to Get Back Together

“Spy” actress Nargis Fakhri's sister yelled “You’re all going to die today,” before setting fire to her ex-boyfriend’s home, killing him and a friend, prosecutors allege

The sister of a Bollywood actress has been indicted for allegedly setting fire to her ex-boyfriend's home, killing him and a female friend after he spurned her attempts to rekindle their romance, prosecutors say.

Aliya Fakhri, 43, of Parsons Blvd., in Queens, was indicted on four counts of first-degree murder, plus other charges, for deliberately setting a deadly fire in the detached garage of a home in Jamaica, Queens, killing her boyfriend, Edward Jacobs, 35, and Anastasia Ettienne, 33, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a news release.

Fakhri is the sister of Nargis Fakhri, a noted actress in Hindi-language films produced in India, known stateside for starring in the 2015 blockbuster "Spy."

According to the investigation and charges, Fakhri arrived at the two-story home around 6:20 a.m. and yelled "You're all going to die today," before setting fire to the structure, Katz alleges in the release.

Realizing that the building was on fire, Ettienne quickly ran downstairs, then raced back upstairs in an attempt to save Jacobs, who was sleeping on the second floor of the garage, according to Katz.

The building became engulfed with flames and neither Jacobs nor Ettienne could escape, the district attorney said.

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Fakhri was arrested on Nov. 26 and indicted the next day by a grand jury on four counts of murder in the first degree, four counts of murder in the second degree and one count each of arson in the first degree and arson in the second degree.

She could face a life sentence in prison if convicted of the most serious charge.

“As alleged in this indictment, this defendant maliciously ended the lives of two people by setting a fire that trapped a man and woman in a raging inferno,” Katz said. “The victims tragically died from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries. Our condolences are with the families of Edward Jacobs and Anastasia Ettienne as we prosecute this case.”

Jacobs, a father of three, broke up with Fakhri about a year ago, his mother Janet told the New York Post. “Like any other person that is being rejected, he was letting her know like ‘Yo, I’m done with you. Get away from me,’” she told the Post.

“He’s been trying to tell her to leave him alone for the past year, but she wasn’t accepting the rejection,” she claimed.

Jacobs leaves behind 11-year-old twin boys and a 9-year-old boy, she said.

Fakhri’s mother told the New York Daily News that she didn’t believe her daughter had anything to do with the fire. “I don’t think she would be killing someone," her mother told the Daily News. “She was a person who was caring for everybody.”

Fakhri is being held in the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island as she awaits her next court date on December 9, according to online jail records. She's pleaded not guilty to the charges; an attorney for the defendant could not immediately be reached.

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