Woman attempts suicide by setting herself on fire

A 52-year-old woman suffered severe burns when she allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire in Hazaribagh district, police said Thursday. The woman known as Jami didi in the area was living with her brother's family in Daroo village, the police said quoting the villagers.

Sometime back her brother died and she started having differences with her nephews. The woman on Wednesday night left home, collected some woods near a roadside and set up a pyre and allegedly poured kerosene before setting herself on fire, they said.

A group of youth rescued her and admitted her to the Sadar hospital, where the doctor said she has suffered 40 per cent burns. Daroo Police Station in-charge Ranjit Singh, who rushed to the spot, said investigation was on and details would be known only after recording the statement of the woman..