Representative imageERODE: A 24-year-old woman was burnt alive in Erode on Wednesday by a man whom she had befriended on a social media platform.The deceased woman has been identified as S Vinodhini, who had been staying with her mother in Bharathi Nagar here after separating from her husband. She developed a friendship with Naveen alias Navaneethakrishnan, 26, of Sayalkudi in Ramanathapuram district.The Erode taluk police said the two had been in regular contact over the phone for several months. The Karur police, who came to know about Naveen getting admitted to Amaravathi Government Hospital, alerted the Erode taluk police on Thursday. A police team from Erode wet to Karur and arrested him. “He will be brought to Erode after his treatment is over,” the officer said.