A Tihar jailer along with his son on Thursday was arrested for setting his daughter-in-law on fire. The daughter-in law who sustained burn injuries had on Wednesday alleged that her husband and father-in law tried to kill her.
Tihar jailer Gyan Singh and his son were arrested under Section 498/307/34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The daughter-in-law was admitted to a city hospital with 65 per cent burns.
The incident took place in South Delhi’s Mahipalpur area. The victim, who was the daughter-in-law of a Deputy Superintendent of Tihar Jail, alleged that her husband and in-laws demanded dowry from her. She added that on failing to give them the sum of money they asked for, the entire family tried to kill her. The victim’s mother-in-law is also a suspect in the case, said police who are yet to arrest her as she suffers from paralysis.
The police identified the accused as 50-year-old Gyan Singh and his 27-year-old son Nitin. Singh is in-charge of the Central Public Relations Office (CPRO) and his son works in a private security firm in Faridabad. The police said that the incident was reported to them by a neighbour of the family at around 4.40 pm on Wednesday.
The victim, identified as Usha Singh, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital by a police team that had arrived at the spot moments after they received information about the incident.