Nashik: Upset mother who set herself ablaze dies

NASHIK: The 46-year-old old woman, who had set herself ablaze in front of a police station on Monday evening, succumbed to the burns early on Tuesday morning.
The deceased woman was undergoing treatment at the Nashik Civil Hospital. She was taken to the hospital at around 7 pm by the police and her relatives. Medical officers at the hospital said the woman had suffered 90% burns.
Meanwhile, during the investigation, the police found that the woman had brought a bottle of petrol with her to the police station on Monday evening.
On realising that her newlywed 27-year-old daughter had no intention of returning to her husband or even staying with her parents, the woman decided to end her life near the police station.
The woman’s daughter had got married to a man from Raipur in Chhattisgarh on January 18. According to the daughter, her husband had started beating and abusing her within seven days of their wedding. The 27-year-old’s parents had also been to Raipur to resolve the problem. She was unhappy with her parents’ attitude as they were not supportive of her. She had left her husband’s house in Raipur and returned to Nashik a few days ago and was staying with her female friend.
Her parents were upset with her for leaving her husband and also for not coming home to stay with them. Therefore, on Monday the parents had gone to the police station. The police had also called the daughter to the police station for inquiry.
On realising that her daughter was neither interested in coming home nor did she want to return to her husband’s residence, the mother went out of the police station and set herself on fire. Her relatives and police doused the fire and took her to the civil hospital, where she died in less than 10 hours.