A disturbing incident took place in the Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh where a woman named Saroj Yadav, aged 31, was allegedly convinced by her brother to set herself ablaze. This incident occurred after their parents got into a fight with their neighbors and were taken to the police station. Instead of saving her, Sanjeev Yadav, the woman's brother, recorded a video of the incident while Saroj Yadav poured petrol on herself and set herself on fire. The video was later posted on social media on Sunday.
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ
CCTV footage also recorded the incident, which shows the woman, Saroj, suffering from critical burn injuries. Local residents claim that Saroj's brother convinced her to take this drastic action. The couple, Pawan Gupta and his wife Prateeksha, who is now a Councillor, are neighbors of the victim. Saroj claimed that she was threatened by Pawan, who allegedly attempted to assert his dominance after his wife's success in the civic polls.
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
(๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐)
The day of the incident, Pawan had a "tiff"with the victim's mother, Urmila. Following this, Pawan reported the altercation to the police.
"When police took me and my husband to the police station, my daughter got upset and tried to kill herself," Urmila said.
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น: ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Shahjahanpur, S. Anand, said, "Doctors said the victim has suffered burns from her neck to the waist, and that her condition is critical. We found that petrol was taken out of the bike by the victim's brother who later shot the video. We have also recovered CCTV footage and it appears that he was putting pressure on his sister to take the extreme step. We are investigating the role of Pawan Gupta in the incident and will take necessary action as per the available evidence."
According to a senior police officer who viewed the two-minute footage, it appears that the victim's brother and his cousins may have attempted to exploit their sister's situation to implicate the other party involved in the incident. "We are investigating all the aspects of this case and action will be taken once a complaint is filed," the officer added.
This incident reportedly took place in the area policed by RC Mission, specifically in the Reti colony of the city. Sundarlal, a father of five who resides there with Urmila and their three children, including their daughter Saroj, was involved in it. Sundarlal works part-time in the city, while his two other daughters are married.
