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“They doused the flames and informed the police,” the officer said, adding raids were on to arrest those involved in the incident. BIHARSHARIF: A woman was allegedly set on fire by three persons for resisting rape bid at Purna Bigha village under Pawapuri police outpost in Nalanda district on Monday night.The woman with over 60% burn injuries was rushed to Patna Medical College and Hospital after initial treatment at Vardaman Institute of Medical Research, Pawapuri. In her statement to police, the woman, whose husband works in Chennai, accused her co-villager Shankar Manjhi of forcibly entering her house along with his two accomplices and attempting to outrage her modesty.“After I resisted with full might and tried to raise an alarm, they put cloth in my mouth, poured kerosene on me and set me on fire,” she alleged.A police officer at Pawapuri outpost said neighbours came to the rescue of the woman after hearing her screams..