A case has come to light in Sarpataha police station area of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh where a woman was burnt alive by her nephew after pouring kerosene on her. When the woman's condition became critical, she was sent to a higher centre in Jaunpur for treatment.
On receiving the information, SP Ajay Pal Sharma inspected the spot and assured action in the matter. Police have registered a case under serious sections on the complaint of the woman and the matter is being investigated. Police are looking for the reasons behind burning the woman alive by setting her on fire. There is talk of a love affair in the area regarding this matter.
According to the information, in a village of Sarpathan police station area of Jaunpur, last night, a nephew of the village tried to burn a woman by sprinkling petrol on her. Based on the statements of the victim, the police have registered a case of murderous attack against the nephew. As soon as the information of the incident was received, the SP inspected the spot. Let us tell you that 42-year-old wife Lalji Bind, a resident of Basirahan village of the police station area, has accused her nephew of the village of burning her by sprinkling petrol on her on Thursday morning.
The victim was sleeping in the verandah of the house on Wednesday night, her twenty-year-old son was sleeping at some distance. Meanwhile, Suresh Vind's nephew from the same village climbed the roof and came to the courtyard and came near me and poured petrol on me and set me on fire, when I screamed, he opened the shutter and ran away. When the sleeping son woke up, he covered the fire with a shawl to save his mother. But by then she was severely burnt. In a hurry, the villagers took her to Sarpathan police station, where on the statement of the victim, a case was registered against Vinay Vind alias Angad, son of Ramchet of Matiara village of Thana Sadar.
Under police supervision, the victim was taken to the Community Health Center Suitakala, where after first aid, the doctors referred her to the District Hospital Sadar in view of her critical condition. The victim has three children, a son and two daughters, out of which one daughter is married. The other daughter had gone to her aunt's house at that time. Her husband is in Mumbai for livelihood.