Distressed with husband’s alcohol addiction, woman sets herself on fire

Bareilly | Wednesday | 5th September, 2018

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Bareilly: Fed up with repeated fights and husband’s addiction to alcohol , a 33-year-old woman allegedly poured kerosene and set herself on fire. However, the woman could not survive as she succumbed to her injuries even before reaching hospital.The incident occurred on Tuesday night at Simriya village under Meerganj police station. We immediately took her to a district hospital but she succumbed to injuries even before reaching hospital. Suddenly, Kumari poured kerosene on herself and set herself on fire in front of her husband. Around 11 pm, some villager informed us about the incident and we rushed to the spot..