KOTA: A 30-year-old married woman immolated her by pouring an inflammable liquid on her body at her house in Barbatkhedi village under Chabda police station area of Baran district on Sunday morning. The woman was the fourth wife of a 35-year-old man. His first two wives had left him earlier while the third wife had also immolated herself, coincidentally during Navratra days a few years ago.
Radhibai, wife of Giriraj Kumawat, poured an inflammable liquid on her body and set herself afire around 9.30am on Sunday while her husband was away, Chabda police station ASI Lalit Pareek said. The woman sustained severe burn injuries and was rushed to a local hospital by members of her extended in-laws family. Doctors referred her to Baran district hospital but she succumbed to burns on the way, he added. Radhbai got married to Kumawat around 4 years ago, he added.
Post-mortem by the medical board in presence of subdivisional magistrate was underway and the body would be handed over to the family members for last rites after that, the ASI said. The deceased woman had one child while the other two were from previous wives, he added.