AMETHI: A woman and her minor daughter were allegedly burnt alive by a relative over a property dispute at a village in
Amethi district, the police said on Friday.
SHO of Fursatganj police station RK Singh said Ameen (45) and her daughter Afreen (18) were set on fire by her bother-in-law, while the accused's brother received serious burn injuries while trying to save his wife and daughter.
All the three were rushed to a hospital in Raebareli, where the woman and her daughter succumbed to their injuries. The woman's husband is under treatment, the police officer said.
A case has been register and a hunt is on to nab the accused, he said.
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