Haryana: Man burns wife, minor daughter

ROHTAK: A man set his wife and two minor daughters on fire in a locality under Old Sabzi Mandi police station here, in the wee hours of Tuesday. While Manju Devi (28) and Bharti (3) were charred to death, Radhika (2) is struggling with her life in hospital. Police have registered a case under the Indian Penal Code and arrested the accused.
In his police complaint, Manju’s father Mahender Kumar said he had got his eldest daughter married to Rajesh Kumar seven years ago but he used to beat her very often. He said he got information on Tuesday morning that Rajesh had set his daughter and two minor daughters on fire and fled.