Horrific scene was witnessed at Kotwali after a woman was set on fire by her husband and escaped the spot; the accused came to complete documents for divorce and attacked her.
Screaming woman was withering in pain after she was set ablaze by a man who used a lighter to set her on fire.
Hearing his scream, the locals rushed to her rescue, brought water from pits and houses and put out the fire. The woman's hands, feet and face were badly burnt.
The victim was identified as Muskan of Bhopal while the accused is her husband Rais Khan of Rajasthan. He came to Bhopal in-laws to get the divorce papers completed.
Muskan Khan (22) living in Shajida Nagar was married to Rais Khan on 4 April 2019 in Aliganj Chhabra, Rajasthan. Muskan told the police that after marriage the husband started harassing her. She used to call home on which he used to remain suspicious. He also hit her, on March 18 this year, she came to Bhopal to live with sister Sana. To meet her expenses, she started taking care of the house of Rizwan living in Marwari Road.
Muskan was on duty on Tuesday afternoon when her husband called at 2.30 pm to complete the divorce papers by visiting the MP online shop. Late in the evening she was looking for the shop and before she could understand anything, the husband started dragging her holding her hand. He took out the petrol and set her on fire with a lighter. The locals ran to the spot to nab him but he escaped the spot.
Muskaan's sister Sana told that Rais does Hammali in Rajasthan. He is torturing sister since marriage. Because of his atrocities her sister started living separately from him. On Tuesday, the accused reached Bhopal secretly. He must have already come up with a plot to kill the sister. Sana told that if the sister talks to us also, then he used to have doubts.