Enraged over the refusal of money for liquor a 50-year-old woman was set ablaze by her husband at Tilajamalpura area on Tuesday.
According to the police on Tuesday evening the accused Irnam Singh demanded money for liquor from his son Monu but before he could provide the money his mother Imrat bai intervened and told him not to provide money to his father which infuriated the accused and lead a bitter fight between the two.
The accused went to the extreme and took kerosene and after pouring it set her ablaze. The family members rushed to her rescue and the victim was rushed to Hamidia hospital where her condition is reportedly critical. In the incident the victim has sustained severe burns.
When the victim was set ablaze she cried for help and in a bid to save her the accused sustained burns on his hands.According to the investigating officer Assistant Inspector of police RY Thakur the accused who works as a plumber is addicted to liquor and on Tuesday when the victim stopped her son from providing money to the accused she was set ablaze.
The victim has sustained around 70 per cent burns and is under going treatment at the burns ward of the Hamidia hospital. The accused has also sustained severe burns and is also admitted in the burns ward at the Hamidia hospital. The condition of the victim is critical claimed the doctors, he added. The police have registered a case under section 294 and 307 of the IPC and have started further investigation.