A case of burning to death of a married woman has come to light in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. The woman admitted to the Varanasi Trauma Center died during treatment. Before her death, the woman said that her in-laws had doused her with gasoline and set her on fire. According to the woman’s statement, the police registered the case and launched an investigation. Meanwhile, the woman’s relatives blocked the state highway near the regional hospital and demanded action.
The woman was burnt to death under suspicious circumstances on the state highway near the regional hospital in Robertsganj Kotwali area. After which the family members blocked the road and demanded strict action from the administration. Police said Akanksha Pandey, a resident of Shivdwar in Ghoraval Kotwali area, was admitted to the Varanasi Trauma Centre. Where he died under suspicious circumstances. When she was taken to the trauma center, she suffered severe burns.
The woman was burned on November 2.
This matter is counted on November 2. The deceased Akanksha Pandey stated before she died that her in-laws had doused her with petrol and set her on fire. A video of late Akanksha Pandey has also emerged in which she says that her mother-in-law, her father-in-law, her husband and both her brothers-in-law were present at the time. When she began to flee the room after the fire, these people locked the room. He continued screaming but no one heard his pain. Meanwhile, the police officers who arrived with the information of the relatives blocking the road, somehow understood the relatives and the angry people and managed to restore traffic.
The interrogation of the father-in-law and husband continues
CO Charu Dwivedi said that on November 2, a woman was admitted to the Varanasi Trauma Center with burns. The woman died Sunday night. The deceased was a resident of Shivdwar in Ghorawal Kotwali area. He died yesterday afternoon. The relatives of the deceased took the body from Varanasi to Sonbhadra district hospital and blocked the road by placing it on the state highway. Protests began, relatives say their daughter was burned to death due to dowry. The family members were also angry that after filing a case, no accused from the in-laws’ side has been arrested yet. Here the CO said that the husband and father-in-law are being captured and interrogated.
