Madhya Pradesh police has arrested a man for allegedly setting his sister-in-law on fire in broad daylight in the state’s Ratlam district. The victim, identified as 33-year-old Nirmala, died of severe burn injuries, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place in Ratlam’s Dhodhar village on Saturday, and the accused, Suresh, 40, was arrested a day later on Sunday on charges of murder.
According to police, Nirmala was the wife of Suresh’s younger brother Prakash, who had recently committed suicide.
Since her husband’s death, Nirmala had been living with her two children in her in-laws’ home in Dhodhar.
Suresh blamed Nirmala for his brother’s death. On Saturday, he allegedly attacked Nirmala with a rod and poured petrol on her before setting her ablaze, Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Kumar Lodha said.
The victim was killed on the spot, he said.
(With PTI Inputs)
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