Jodhpur woman ‘burnt alive’ after she protested over cutting trees

Yash Goyal

Jaipur, March 27 

A 22-year-old girl was allegedly burnt alive after she along with family members protested over a road passing through her fields for which removal of trees was underway at Hariya-Dhana village of Jodhpur’s Borunda Tehsil on Saturday afternoon. 

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Seriously burnt Lalita was rushed to a government hospital in Jodhpur where she succumbed on Sunday morning, SP Rural HK Mahavar said today.

The victim’s brother, Vidhyadhar, has lodged an FIR with the Borunda police station alleging that his sister was set on fire after a group of people, including employees and Sarpanch of Panchayat Samiti, poured petrol like liquid on her and set her ablaze near their farm.

In his FIR, the brother mentioned eight names, including that of Sarpanch and Patwari as main accused. 

A case under Sections 147, 149, 323, 447 and 302 of the IPC has been lodged.

The girl’s body was handed over to her relatives after post-mortem last evening.

Meanwhile, IG Jodhpur Range Hawa Singh Ghumariya told The Tribune that the case was being examined and prima facie it looked like the girl had committed suicide over the dispute of road passing through her farm land.

He said workers and two JCB machines were deployed for the task and one machine was being operated by the victim’s brother.

The investigation is on and will take a few days to clear the cause that led to her death, the IGP said.