by Adeola Balogun
A young woman in Nepal has been hospitalized after her husband allegedly poured kerosene on her and set her alight.
Farid Sheikh is said to have set his 25-year-old wife ablaze after he made an attempt to extort a motorbike and water buffalo from her family.
Prem Basnyat, a police official said:
“When the incident happened about a month ago, they took her to India for treatment, saying it was an accident”
“We recorded her statement yesterday, but her husband and in-laws have vanished. We are searching for them.
The victim said that she had suffered constant abuse from her husband because she did not bring dowry. She alleged that her husband had even he burnt her private parts with cigarettes.
Cases of dowry-related violence are common in Nepal and concerned citizens have called for stricter measures to curb the trend.
