Woman sets herself, two daughters on fire

Rajkot: A 40-year-old woman of Chalala in Amreli district allegedly set herself and her two daughters on fire on Sunday to commit suicide.
Police said the primary reason for the extreme step was nagging domestic dispute. At around 12pm, Sonal Devmurari (40), a resident of Haridham Society in Chalala town, sprinkled kerosene on herself and her two daughters Hitali (14) and Kushi (3) and then ignited fire. Within a few minutes, the smoke started blowing out of the house and they started screaming.
The neighbours rushed to help thinking that fire had broken out and they informed fire brigade as well as Sonal’s husband Bharat, who runs a flour mill.
They doused the fire using water and went inside the house and they found three of them charred to death.
Police said all bodies were 80% charred. KJ Chaudhri, deputy superintendent of police, Savarkundla said, “As per primary investigation, there was a family dispute and marital issues between husband and wife. This led her to take this extreme step.”
Police have called the woman’s family members and after recording statements of her husband and her family members an offence will be registered against her husband. The police had currently filed an accidental death report with Chalala police station. The bodies have been sent for post mortem.