New Delhi: A lady in Kolkata allegedly set her father on fire after taking him out for dinner and getting him drunk, PTI reported.
The 22-year-old lady, a resident of Christopher Road close to Park Circus, accompanied her father to a restaurant on Sunday evening after which obtained him drunk, PTI quoted police officers as saying.
The father, 56, later fell asleep because the duo had been sitting on a bench on the banks of the Hooghly river. The lady then poured kerosene on him and allegedly set him ablaze. The incident was additionally caught on CCTV.
“During interrogation, she claimed that after her mother died when she was a child, her father started physically assaulting her and also used to torture her emotionally. However, it stopped after she got married. But, as her marriage broke off and she returned home, the torture started again,” the officer instructed PTI. The lady was arrested on a grievance lodged by her uncle.
The police additionally claimed that the lady has confessed to the crime. She has been despatched to police custody until March 29.
