In a heart-rending incident, a 35-year-old married woman was set ablaze by her husband and in-laws and was confined in the house for the past one month. The incident was reported in Sohaya village under Berasia police station area on Tuesday. A case was registered after victim’s family mother came to know about the atrocity.
According to the police, the victim Mamta was found in an injured state by her mother and father when they visited her two days ago.
SDOP Berasia Beena Singh said that the victim sustained 35 per cent burns which was the reason of her survival but she got infection in the period of her confinement at home. On Tuesday, the victim was admitted to Hamidia hospital where her condition is reportedly stable. The victim got married to Mukesh around eight years ago and she was harassed by her husband and in-laws. The victim has three children, she added.
On November 1, 2016 victim’s husband Mukesh, his father Kukka and mother Shanti Bai set the victim ablaze and when the she survived, with a fear that people would come to know about the incident, did not take her to hospital. later, when the victim’s father Nandu and mother Pan Bai came to meet her, they found victim in an injured state and later lodged a complaint with the police.
In the initial investigation when the victim escaped with injuries, her husband and in-laws kept her at home for the past one month and later escaped and are still missing.
Based on the complaint lodged by victim’s mother after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 498 A, 307 and 506 of the IPC and have started further investigation.