A 45- YEAR- old woman immolated herself outside a police station in Nashik city, and died while undergoing treatment in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said.
The incident took place outside Panchavati police station on Monday evening when Harjinder Kaur Sandhu, a resident of Taklenagar, set herself on fire, a police officer said.
Sandhu and her husband were at the police station to convince their newly married daughter, who had left her husband, to come home with them or go back to her in- laws, the official said.
The victimu2019s daughter, who had married a Chhattisgarh resident last month, had returned to Nashik after a domestic dispute and was living with a woman friend, he said.
When the girl refused to change her mind, a frustrated Harjinder Kaur went outside the police station, poured petrol on her body and set herself on fire, the police officer said.
The victim was rushed to the civil hospital in Nashik, where she died at around 4.50 am on Tuesday, he said.
Agencies Woman who immolated self outside police stn dies Was frustrated at being unable to get daughter to come back home
