The incident occurred on July 24 following a heated argument. According to police, the husband, with the help of his female friend, allegedly poured petrol on the woman and set her ablaze
The victim sustained 70 per cent burn injuries and is currently undergoing treatment. Representational Pic
A woman in Maharashtra's Latur district is in critical condition after being allegedly set on fire by her husband for confronting him about meeting another woman, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on July 24 following a heated argument, police said, adding that the 25-year-old woman was seriously injured in the incident.
According to police, the husband, with the help of his female friend, allegedly poured petrol on the woman and set her ablaze, according to the news agency PTI.
The victim sustained 70 per cent burn injuries and is currently undergoing treatment.
She has also named her mother-in-law and brother-in-law as accomplices in the crime, police added.
"She claimed the mother-in-law and the brother-in-law locked her inside a room in the house after her husband set her on fire," he said, quoting the statement of the victim, reported news agency PTI.
Police in Renapur have registered a case against the husband, his female friend, the mother-in-law, and the brother-in-law. No arrest has been made so far.
Further investigation is underway.
MHADA official booked for abetment of suicide after wife kills self in Kandivali flat
In another similar incident, a senior MHADA official was booked on Sunday for abetment of suicide after his wife allegedly killed herself in their flat in Kandivali in north Mumbai, a police official said, reported the PTI.
The 42-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in her flat in the Lokhandwala area of Kandivali East on Saturday evening, the Samata Nagar police station official said.
"On the complaint of her brother, we have lodged an FIR against her husband, who is the deputy registrar of state-run MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority), and her mother-in-law Yamabai Katare under section 108 (abetment of suicide) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita," the official said, according to the PTI.
"On the day of the incident, she had called up her family doctor and told him that her family members were harassing her. She later disconnected the call. The doctor alerted her (maternal) kin after she did not pick up his calls post the initial conversation. Her family members arrived in Mumbai from Pune and found out she had ended her life," he said, as per the PTI.
The deceased's brother has alleged that she was being harassed by her husband and mother-in-law for dowry, the police official said.
(With PTI inputs)
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