The Nikirai police on Friday registered a case against the in-laws of one Sonali Priyadarshini Panda (24) of Odhanga Malikeswarpur for attempting to kill the latter by setting her ablaze after pouring kerosene on her for dowry on April 6. Sources said, Sonali was staying with her husband in Delhi after her marriage with Gopinath Panda of Nahanga village in Kendrapada on June 25, 2014. On March 18 last, she had returned from Delhi to appear BA examination.
On Monday Sonali’s mother-in-law with the help of her family members set Sonali on fire. She was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) and later shifted the SCB Medical College and Hospital as her condition deteriorated. The victim’s mother Bina Panda lodged an FIR against Sonali’s mother-in-law, husband, brother-in-law and other relatives for attempting to kill Sonali for dowry. Inquiry is on; however, no arrest has been made so far, said Nikirai PS IIC Pradyumna Nayak.