Bairgarh police has booked two persons, including a woman, for setting ablaze a 48-year-old married woman at Machli Market area under Bairagarh police station area on Saturday.
Police said that the victim, Guddo Bai, sustained burn injuries after she was set ablaze by her brother-in-law Jaggu Bansal and his wife, Phoolwati, in the morning at around 10.30 in a verbal spate which turn violent.
The husband of the victim rescued her and rushed her to a hospital where she was referred to Chirayu hospital.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case under section 307 and 34 of the IPC.
The police have detained the two and have started investigation. The victim was set ablaze or she immolated herself could not be ascertained at the moment.
Police found that the victim and the accused who live at same place entered a fight and later, the two set her ablaze in which she sustained around 50 percent burns.