A 27-year-old married woman committed suicide by setting her ablaze at Surbhi Parisar under Ratibad police station area on Friday.
According to the police, the deceased Neelam was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead after she was found in a charred state in the evening when she was rescued from first floor of her house.
SHO Ratibad Aditi Bhawsar said that circumstantial evidences suggest that the deceased committed suicide while other details could be provided after receiving post mortem report. The family members of the deceased are yet to record their statements which could help in the investigation.
The husband of the deceased runs a tea stall while father-in-law is a retired government employee, she added.
The deceased sustained 90 percent burns which caused her death. In the initial investigation family members of deceased have not raised allegations against husband and his family members. Police said that on the day of the incident deceased had returned around an hour ago from her parents’ house. The couple used to live in harmony and neighbours have claimed that they have never heard of any fight or dispute. At the time of the incident children and father-in-law of the deceased were at ground floor and she went to commit suicide at the first floor. The father-in-law is bed ridden and failed to help her and informed neighbours and relatives who rushed to her rescue.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.