WOMAN BURNT ALIVE BY PRIEST

A woman was allegedly burnt alive by a priest after she resisted his advances in a village in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. The woman succumbed to her injuries in a hospital on July 10, a report said quoting police sources. The 27-year Vinita Patel, in her dying declaration to the police reportedly said, “The priest, Devki Prasad Tiwari, entered my house in a bid to outrage my modesty and when I protested, he doused me with kerosene and burnt me.” The incident took place in village Piprodha Chakkar in Damoh, 280 km from Bhopal. “She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital from where she was referred to Jabalpur medical hospital where she died this evening,” a police official said, adding, “We have registered a case on the basis of the dying woman’s declaration and are investigating the matter,” Damoh police superintendent Dilip Arya said.