The Commissionerate police on Monday arrested a woman along with her son for setting her daughter-in-law on fire after demanding more dowries in the Unit-3 area under the Kharvel Nagar police limits here on Sunday.
They were identified as Arati Biswal and Raghukul Tilak Biswal, mother-in-law and husband of the woman, respectively. They were forwarded to court.
A scientific team visited Arati’s house to investigate into the matter.
On Sunday, the Mahila police had detained Arati and her son Raghukul for setting Neelam Biswal (30) on fire after pouring kerosene on her.
Neelam is undergoing treatment at the Kalinga Hospital here with 30 per cent burn injuries after being shifted from the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack.
According to Neelam’s brother Jyotirman Behera, her sister married Raghukul on January 20 last year after being persuaded by his uncle. “Raghukul was projected as a bank employee, but he was not. My sister got cheated as Raghukul was a mentally-retarded person,” said Behera.
At the time of marriage, his family had given Rs 5 lakh in cash and much more in form of dowry as per the demand. later, Raghukul’s family demanded a car and an AC machine which they failed to provide, Behera said. “I want stringent action against the mother-in-law and husband of my daughter for the torture so that nobody can dare commit such crime in future,” said Neelam’s father Sujay Kumar Behera.