Nitu Dwivedi

At a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, a woman with severe burn injuries screamed in agony as she told reporters that she had been set on fire by two policemen. Nitu Dwivedi, the mother of a journalist, died this morning. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered an investigation into her allegations against the police.

The mother of a journalist was allegedly set on fire by two policemen at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki on Monday after she refused to pay a bribe to them to free her husband. The two accused policemen, who have been suspended, claim she had tried to immolate herself.

At a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, a woman with severe burn injuries screamed in agony as she told reporters that she had been set on fire by two policemen. Nitu Dwivedi, the mother of a journalist, died this morning. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered an investigation into her allegations against the police.

The mother of a journalist was allegedly set on fire by two policemen at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki on Monday after she refused to pay a bribe to them to free her husband. The two accused policemen, who have been suspended, claim she had tried to immolate herself.