Girls set ablaze: In a surprising incident, a person allegedly sprinkled petrol on his two minor daughters and set them on fire at Berring village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district. According to the police, each ladies have been severely injured. They additional stated the accused, recognized as Vidya Ram, has been arrested.
Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), Ranvir Singh, Talwara police station, stated the accused’s spouse Poonam Sharma lodged a grievance with the police alleging that her husband hit her with a burning log following which her garments caught fire. However, she managed to manage the blaze.
Later, Ram sprinkled petrol on his daughters aged 16 and 10 and set them ablaze. The ladies ran outdoors and on listening to their screams, their neighbours and a few passersby got here to their rescue and extinguished the fire.
Both the women have been admitted to a hospital right here from the place they have been referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh, the police added.
(With PTI inputs)
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