Maha couple set on fire, woman dead

Ahmednagar, May 6

A woman and her husband were set ablaze allegedly by her father and relatives in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district as they were opposed to the couple’s marriage, police said today.

While the woman died of burn injuries at a Pune hospital yesterday, the man is battling for life with over 40 per cent burns, an official said.

Terming it an honour killing, Inspector Vijaykumar Botre of Parner tehsil here said Mangesh Chandrakant Ranasing (23) and his wife Rukmini Rama Bharathiya (23) were set ablaze over inter-caste marriage.

The incident happened on May 1 in Nighoj village, 60 km from the district headquarters, he added. — PTI

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