LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, Oct 7: 22-year-old Maruti Kumari, who was set on fire by her ex-boyfriend on October 6 at Bharatpur village under Jarmundi police station of the Dumka district, died on the way to RIMS Ranchi for better treatment.
The girl was at first admitted to the Phulo Jhano Medical College and Hospital (PJMCH) in Dumka and later referred to RIMS as her condition was critical.
The accused, Rajesh Raut, who set the girl ablaze, has been arrested by the police. Raut was Maruti’s ex-boyfriend who is already married and wanted to continue the affair with the victim. When she did not agree to do so, he set her on fire.
Maruti, a resident of Bhairopur village under the neighbouring Jama police station of the district was staying at her maternal grandparents’ home when the incident took place.
Sources quoting the victim’s statement procured to the police in the presence of a magistrate at the PJMCH said that she was asleep after returning from the Dussehra fair in the night when the accused namely Rajesh Rout of Baliya village under Ramgarh police station of the district broke into the house and set her on fire and escaped.
