Husband burns his wife alive as he wanted a baby boy

A mother of three daughters was set on fire by husband and in-laws as they wanted a male heir to the family. The incident happened in Rajasthan on Friday. The women succumbed to her burns while treatment was going on at Jodhpur Govt Hospital. Devyani was burnt alive by her husband Gopal Krishan Raneja and his parents-Lichi Ram Raneja and Rukman Devi at their home in Pokhran.

“When I reached the hospital on Thursday morning after receiving information that she had got burnt, she was breathing her last. She told me that her in-laws poured kerosene on her and burnt her”

Harassing her for a long time

Devyani's father Kanhaiyalal said that the family had been harassing his daughter for a long time. Her husband even threatened her with a remarriage. “When I reached the hospital on Thursday morning after receiving information that she had got burnt, she was breathing her last. She told me that her in-laws poured kerosene on her and burnt her,”  her father told, The TOI reported.

In-laws claim it as an accident

The in-laws told Pokhran police a different story. They blamed a gas cylinder leak as the reason for the unfortunate incident. The husband is currently in police detention. The TOI reported, “They first took her to the primary health centre (PHC) of the village, from where she was referred to Jodhpur. Her father has lodged a case under Section 302 against husband Gopal Krishan, father-in-law Lichi Ram Raneja and mother-in-law Rukman Devi. Police are investigating the case,” said Jaisalmer SP Gaurav Yadav."

A probe is currently going on in the incident. Police is investigating the truth in the incident. The in-laws are also being interrogated.

"A medical board was constituted to conduct the postmortem and the body has been handed over to relatives. Following the incident, Brahmin community members assembled at the hospital and demanded a fair investigation by the police. " the TOI reported.

In another incident in UP's  in Babra village of Shahjahanpur district, a husband and in-laws allegedly broke both hands of a woman because she gave birth to three daughters in a row. Such inhuman incidences towards women and illogical preference for a boy-child exhibit that misogyny still runs deep in our society.