Jhapa, Feb 17: A daughter died while her mother got critically injured when the mother attempted self-immolation in Jhapa district Friday night.
According to Dundiraj Giri, Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Jhapa, Maya Ramtel, 28, of Gopaldandi of Buddha Shanti rural municipality-2 in the district tried to burn herself and her daughter pouring down petrol.
She had tied her daughter in her body with a shawl during the attempt. Both were critically injured in the incident and were rushed to B and C Hospital. The daughter died this morning while the condition of mother is critical. Most of body parts of Maya were burnt in the fire, said Inspector Giri.
He shared that a suicide note was found nearby the incident site where Maya mentioned that she chose to self-immolate since her husband had an extra marital affair.
Police have arrested Maya’s husband Rajan BK and started investigation into the case.
The incident took place when Maya’s husband was out of the house, police said. RSS
