The 55-year-old woman, Sita Devi who was struggling for her life at the Tata Main Hospital's burn care unit after being set on fire by her daughter-in-law succumbed to her injuries on early morning Tuesday.
Wife of Madan Mohan Pandey, the burn victim had been set on fire by daughter-in-law Pooja ( 26) at her house in Radhika Nagar under Telco police station area on Sunday night.
Soon after Sita Devi’s death, the police picked up Pooja from her parent’s house at Truck Park area in Telco and took her into custody.
Officer-in-charge, Telco police station Janak Singh Munda said that though they have not arrested the accused Pooja Pandey despite getting a dying statement of Sita Devi, they were investigating the incident.
“We were keeping vigil on Pooja who had fled from her in-laws’ house in Radhika Nagar to her parents’ house in Truck Park,” said Munda.
The officer-in-charge quoted Pooja as saying that she was innocent and that Sita Devi had herself set on fire due to some domestic reason.