Wife set ablaze, kept untreated for 15 days

A 20-old housewife sustained severe burn injury  after her husband poured kerosene on her shoulder and set her ablaze at Gandhibasti locality of Tangla. Reportedly the drunk husband assaulted her before setting her on fire. The incident occured a fortnight ago,but the husband and his family members had not reported the incident to the family members of the victim. The mother of the victim after visiting her on Saturday filed an F.I.R alleging dowry and domestic violence by her husband and her in-laws.

Meanwhile,Tangla police have registered a complaint against the husband for attempt to murder and causing grievious injury under relevant sections of IPC.According to police, the victim, Archana Das(20) is a resident of Gilani Hatigaon village under Kampur PS of Nagaon. She got married two years back  with Kamal Das(28) and have a five month old son.

"My daughter has been meted out inhumane torture by her husband ",said the mother of the victim Kalpana Hazarika who is a daily wage earner.

The victim after preliminary treatment at Tangla CHC has been forwarded to GMCH for better treatment. The victims' mother have even alleged that her daughters' mother-in-law and sister-in-law are also involved in the ghastly incident.