An unidentified woman died after allegedly setting herself ablaze near Usri River Bridge under Muffasil police station on Tuesday evening around 5 pm. The Muffasil police have registered a case of unnatural death. The incident occurred in front of the Barganda Bridge near Usri river area in Giridih.
Locals were reportedly alerted by a loud scream outside their house on Tuesday. Local residents along with their neighbours managed to douse the fire though the woman had by then sustained severe burns. She was rushed to the Giridih Sadar hospital and later shifted to the intensive care unit of hospital at Giridih town area, where she succumbed to the injuries around 6.30 PM.
The police said they were yet to reach a conclusion as to why the victim had taken the extreme step and we first trying to her identity. Locals said that 35-year-old woman suffered severe burns when she allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire in Giridih district. Sources said that the unidentified woman on Tuesday evening left her home and came near Usri River Bridge. She collected some woods near a roadside and set up a pyre and allegedly poured kerosene before setting herself on fire, they said.
A group of youth rescued her and admitted her to the Sadar hospital, where the doctor said she has suffered 90 pe rcent burns and she succumbed to the injuries.
Later Muffasil police station in-charge, who rushed to the spot, said investigation was on and details would be known only after gettiing her identity.