A 59-year-old woman who attempted suicide by setting herself ablaze at Anandpur Trust Ashram under Habibganj police station died on Tuesday, reason of attempting suicide remained unknown.
The woman identified as Asha who hails from Gurudaspur Punjab was serving at the Anandpur Trust Ashram voluntarily and on May 13 he after ghee over the body set herself ablaze. She was rushed to hospital where her condition deteriorated on Tuesday and she died late in the night at Bansal hospital.
The woman was staying at the Ashram for the past one year. The other serving people at the Ashram have told the police that Asha was suffering from multiple disorders.
Police said that woman sustained over 70 percent of burns and her statements were not recorded by the police due to her critical condition and reason behind the suicide remained unclear. During the investigation police found that for the past two months her suffering were augmented but in her family and other serving at the ashram failed to accept that she have taken extreme step due to illness. Further investigation has been started.
Meanwhile Berasia police have a 35-year-old man on the charges of abetment to commit suicide of his wife who committed by hanging with the ceiling at her house in Biraha Shyamkhedi village on May 3; man was also charged with attempt to murder after he set his wife on fire around a month ago.
The accused husband Rambabu was booked for abetment to commit suicide of his wife Roshni who hanged herself on May at her house.
Rambabu was jailed after he set ablaze Roshni when the two used to live in Bhopal. He was released on bail and again started to harass his wife which forced her to take the extreme step.