Domestic problems: Woman burnt by husband dies

FAISALABAD: A woman who was burnt allegedly by her husband expired in hospital three weeks after the incident. Imran, a resident of Hasanpura, was arrested by Madina Town police on September 3 for setting his wife, Amina, 26, on fire. The complaint had been lodged by his father-in-law, Muhammad Sarwar, a resident of Nawabanwala. He said Imran had sprinkled kerosene oil on Amina and set her on fire. He said Imran had later taken her to a hospital and told him she was being treated for injuries from a fall. “When we reached the hospital, we discovered that she had been burnt,” he said. A doctor at the hospital said Amina had received burn injuries to over 80 percent of her body. Police have now added the murder charge in the case against the suspect.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 24^th, 2012.