Man sets wife on fire in front of 8-year-old daughter

  • | Wednesday | 27th March, 2019

HOWRAH: A 39-year-old man beat up his wife and set her on fire in front of their eight-year-old daughter after she protested against his extramarital affair. The accused, Samir Karmakar, was arrested after the victim gave cops a statement on her death bed.The victim, Rupali Karmakar (33), had suffered 80% burns and died around 8am. My father had warned me against giving her water and had dragged and locked me in a room. But my grandfather and aunt held me back from trying to help my mother.”Later, Rupali’s neighbours took her to the Howrah District Hospital. The incident took place early on Tuesday at their Liluah residence.

HOWRAH: A 39-year-old man beat up his wife and set her on fire in front of their eight-year-old daughter after she protested against his extramarital affair. The incident took place early on Tuesday at their Liluah residence. The accused, Samir Karmakar, was arrested after the victim gave cops a statement on her death bed.The victim, Rupali Karmakar (33), had suffered 80% burns and died around 8am. According to locals, Samir had poured kerosene on her. Cops are also looking for other members of her husband’s family.Sources said when their daughter, a Class-III student of a local English-medium school started screaming, Samir beat her up and then locked her in a room.In her statement to cops, the girl said: “My mother asked for drinking water when my father set her on fire. My father had warned me against giving her water and had dragged and locked me in a room. I started screaming and banging on the door. Hearing me scream, my grandmother came and opened the door. But my grandfather and aunt held me back from trying to help my mother.”Later, Rupali’s neighbours took her to the Howrah District Hospital. The hospital superintendent, Narayan Chatterjee, said: “The patient was brought with 80% burns. We shifted her to the ICU and tried to save her, but she died in the morning.”ACP north Pratiksha Jhajaria said, “On the basis of the victim’s dying statement and the witness statement of her daughter besides a written complaint lodged by the woman’s father, we have arrested prime accused Samir Karmakar. We are now looking for the victim’s in-laws.”

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