Jodhpur Lecturer Sets Herself, Daughter On Fire, Note Points To Dowry Harassment | Read

A school lecturer set herself on fire along with her three-year-old daughter in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district on Friday. While the daughter, Yashasvi, died on the spot, her mother, Sanju Bishnoi, died during treatment on Saturday morning. Police have recovered an alleged suicide note that claimed she was being harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry.

On Friday afternoon, Ms Bishnoi came back from her school, sat on a chair and poured petrol on herself and her daughter before setting themselves on fire at their home in Sarnada village of Dangiyawas police station area, police said. Neither the husband nor her in-laws were present in the house while the woman and her daughter were engulfed in flames.