SHOCKING!!! Husband & in-laws burn wife for this reason

Female infanticide- the deliberate killing of a girl child.

At times I feel that it’s not just the killing but the mere thought of preferring boy child to a girl is female infanticide.

Some parents despite have girl child prefer to have a boy child more. Some go as far as shunning and harassing the wife for not providing a boy child.

A 29-year-old mother of three daughters was reportedly set on fire by her husband and in-laws, who wanted a baby boy. The woman, who suffered 95% burns, succumbed during treatment at Jodhpur Government Hospital on Friday. Devyani was set on fire by her husband Gopal Krishan Raneja and his parents-Lichi Ram Raneja and Rukman Devi-at their home.

13 years ago Devyani married Gopal, who runs a shop. She was being harassed for a boy for long, alleged her father Kanhaiyalal. He has registered a complaint of murder against her in-laws. Suman Sharma, the chairperson of the Rajasthan State Commission for Women, has also taken cognizance of the incident and sought a report from the Jaisalmer police.

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Kanhaiyalal alleged that she was constantly being tormented for not giving birth to a baby boy and threatened by her husband with remarriage. “When I reached the hospital on Thursday morning after receiving information that she had got burnt, she was breathing her last. She told me that her in-laws poured kerosene on her and burnt her,” said her father at the mortuary on Friday morning.

According to the police, her in-laws claimed that she got burnt due to a gas cylinder leakage on Wednesday night. “They first took her to the primary health center (PHC) of the village, from where she was referred to Jodhpur. Her father has lodged a case under Section 302 against husband Gopal Krishan, father-in-law Lichi Ram Raneja and mother-in-law Rukman Devi. Police are investigating the case,” said SP Gaurav Yadav. The husband has been detained by the police.

A medical board was constituted to conduct the postmortem and the body has been handed over to relatives.

Following the incident, Brahmin community members assembled at the hospital and demanded a fair investigation by the police.

Neelam Moondra, the member of the district women’s commission, also rushed to the hospital and sought information about the incident.