Dumka woman set ablaze: Jharkhand CM announces Rs 10 lakh for victim’s kin

India

oi-Deepika S

Dumka, Aug 29:
Jharkhand
Chief
Minister
Hemant
Soren
has
announced
an
ex-gratia
amount
of
Rs
10
lakh
to
the
next
of
kin
of
Ankita,
the
19-year-old
woman
who
was
set
ablaze
by
her
alleged
stalker,
Shahrukh.

“Such
people
should
not
be
forgiven,
they
should
be
given
the
strictest
of
punishments.
Laws
should
be
brought
in
to
further
strengthen
the
existing
laws
for
such
incidents,”
Hemant
Soren
said.

“A
lot
of
evil
acts
are
being
seen
in
society.
This
incident
is
heart-wrenching
&
the
law
is
taking
its
course.
The
accused
has
been
arrested.
It
is
our
effort
to
see
that
he
is
punished
at
the
earliest,”
ANI
quoted
Hemant
Soren
as
saying.

Responding
to
the
incident,
former
chief
minister
and
BJP
leader
Raghubar
Das
called
the
JMM
government
“insensitive”.

Jharkhand:
BJP
claims
women
under
JMM
rule
not
safe

“When
the
girl
was
hanging
between
life
and
death
the
whole
cabinet
and
ruling
alliance
was
busy
with
picnic.
CM
himself
was
blowing
whistles.
The
BJP
will
hit
the
streets
if
the
demands
are
not
met,”
he
said.

Meanwhile,
prohibitory
order
has
been
in
Jharkhand’s
Dumka
sub-division
on
Sunday
following
protests
by
some
right-wing
outfits
after
the
death
of
a
woman,
who
was
allegedly
set
on
fire
by
a
person.

The
incident
happened
in
Dumka
town
on
Tuesday
when
the
accused,
identified
as
Shahrukh,
allegedly
poured
petrol
on
the
woman
from
outside
the
window
of
her
room
when
she
was
sleeping
and
set
her
on
fire.