Vadodara: Man set wife ablaze over visiting her parents for Diwali

VADODARA: A 35-year-old woman was set ablaze by her husband at Alamgir village of Vadodara taluka on Friday.
The woman Anju Nayak and her husband Natu had heated arguments on Friday afternoon as she wished to go to her parents’ house to celebrate Diwali.
Police said that while she was cooking lunch, she proposed the idea to Natu and he got enraged. As Natu started abusing Anju, she told him not to abuse her and if he will refuse, she will not go.As Anju was reacting to his anger, Natu was further angered, cops said.
Natu took a kerosene bottle in the house, poured it on her, and lit her up. As Anju was started screaming in pain, the couple’s son and neighbours rushed and doused the fire.
She was taken to SSG Hospital after a villager called 108 GVK-EMRI ambulance. “The woman is currently in stable condition and gave a complaint against her husband,” said a police official. Based on her complaint, Natu was booked for attempt to murder at Varnama police station.
Police said that the couple works as casual labourers and have a daughter and a son. Before Natu, Anju was married to another man in Halol. But the man separated from her to marry some other woman.