A 30-year-old widow of Dahanimara villager under Baleswar district’s Nilgiri NAC area received severe burn injuries as her paramour allegedly poured kerosene and set her on fire on Friday evening. The woman was undergoing treatment in the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here with 80 per cent burn injuries, police said.
Victim Kuni Singh told police that her paramour Santan Behera (37), a married man having wife and children, of the same village had been keeping physical relationship with her since long. On Friday evening, they had a quarrel between them when they were returning village from the Nilgiri market.
As the quarrel aggravated, Santan poured kerosene on her and lit fire. According to police, Sanatan also received minor burn injuries and was undergoing treatment in the Nilgiri Sub-divisional Hospital under their custody. Investigation is going on and action would be taken against Santan, police said.