© Google mapsThe girl was burned alive in Hariyadhana, India.
The woman, identified in local media as 'Lalita', had objected to the trees being cleared in the village of Hariyadhana, in the Rajasthan district. She was reportedly doused with petrol and set on fire Saturday by a group of people and died from her injuries in hospital on Sunday.
"The dispute was over a road, my sister was opposing it...they poured petrol on her and set her on fire," the woman's brother said after the attack.
However, some villagers allege the woman set herself ablaze during the dispute.
A revenue official, Om Prakash, and the 'sarpanch' or village leader, Ranveer Singh, are among the 10 people police named in their report on the incident.
"The sarpanch and other people poured petrol on her and burnt her alive,"said police officer Suresh Chaudhary, reports India Today citing news agency ANI."We will arrest the accused soon, after a fair investigation."
Outraged locals protested and demanded the arrest of the accused when the woman's remains were returned to the village on Monday, the Hindustan Times reports.
Too bad she didn't have a pistol: Then there would have been no story here, the gasoline holders wouled have never arrived. , , at least . . . in some impossible world.
RIP, Lass, you deserved better but at least, RIP.
R.C.
*(I happen to not believe that the value of each human life is infinite ; any moreso than the life of an ant. But for human society, it should be known that our lives are dependent upon our ecosystems, which mankind, through its very nature keeps on, keeping on, destroying, until well, the Dinosaurs understood, at last.)*
** Depending upon your view of prior life and world conditons. mileage may vary. (I am not dealing with karmic causation - e.g., the Flintstone's 'Dino' sinned with the Rubble's female dino, (a dinette?) and hence divine retribution fell in the form of a meterorite, et al., ad inf.)
RC
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