Woman set on fire, two culprits held in Faisalabad

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FAISALABAD: A pitiless person along with his two cohorts set his sister in-law on fire due to which she received severe burn wounds. The key accused managed to escape while two cohorts were arrested.

Police said that the culprit hailing from sub-division Tandlianwala of Faisalabad over domestic issues along with his two cohorts’ sprinkled petrol at her sister in-law, set her on fire and fled from the scene.

The people present near the scene rushed the site and extinguished the fire but meantime the face and body of the woman was adversely burnt. She was shifted to local hospital from where she was referred to burn unit of Allied Hospital Faisalabad for treatment.

The key accused managed to escape but the police arrested his two accomplices.

The police have registered a case into the incident and raids were being conducted to nab the key accused at large.