This Article is From May 30, 2012

Set on fire for refusing to marry man who wanted dowry

Nawada (Bihar): In a bizarre incident, a girl was burnt alive by unidentified people after she refused to marry a man who demanded dowry at Bhadauni village in Bihar's Nawada district, police said.

Sources revealed that the girl had refused to marry a man following the dowry demand, sources said.

Unidentified people then overpowered her, sprinkled kerosene and set her on fire. The injured girl was later admitted to a government hospital where she succumbed to serious burns, they said.

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