Three absconding accused including a woman were nabbed by Berasia police on Thursday. The offenders had set ablaze a 35-year-old woman at Sohaya village on November 1. According to the police the three nabbed accused have set ablaze the victim Mamta Bai on November 1 and kept the victim inside the house after she survived. The three nabbed accused are victim’s husband Mukesh, his father Kukka and mother Shanti Bai. Notably on November 1 victim was set ablaze by her husband Mukesh, his father Kukka and mother Shanti Bai and after the victim escaped with injuries she was confined in the house for the past one month. The incident was reported in Sohaya village under Berasia police station area and case was registered after victim’s family mother came to know about the atrocity and informed the police. The matter surfaced after the victim Mamta was found in an injured state by her mother and father when they visited her two days ago. Police said that the victim sustained 35 per cent burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at 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. Earlier 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.
Based on the complaint lodged by victim’s mother after the preliminary investigation police registered a case under section 498 A, 307 and 506 of the IPC.