A woman in an Uttar Pradesh village set herself and her five daughters on fire after she was taunted and beaten up by her husband for not bearing a son, police said Tuesday. The tragedy took place late Monday in Gonda district&#39;s Diwli village. <img alt="Woman sets herself, 5 daughters on fire after husband tortures her for not bearing son" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/fire_2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" /> Neighbours told police that Prema Devi (38) was brutally assaulted by her husband Jagdamba Prasad Lodh for not bearing a boy. She was so badly beaten that she could walk. After Lodh left for the fields late Monday, Prema Devi set herself and her five daughters - Sudha (12), Rekha (10), Nisha (7), Roopa (5) and Shikha (2) - on fire. Neighbours tried to rescue them but it was futile. Police have arrested the husband on a complaint filed by Prema&#39;s brother Shri Chand, circle officer Sukhveer Singh said. The brother in his complaint alleged that Lodh frequently tortured his sister for not having a son. Neighbours, too, testified that Lodh would often beat up his wife. u00a0

Fed up of her husband's torture for not having given birth to a son, woman in UP village sets herself and her daughters on fire.

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