Incident Reports
Pregnant woman set ablaze by her husband over a domestic dispute in Siraha
2021-06-04
Police arrested 29-year-old Dipendra Chaudhary of Dhangadhimai Municipality Ward No. 3 on June 6 on the charge of murdering his 30-year-old pregnant wife by setting her on fire over a domestic dispute. He is accused of burning his 6-month pregnant wife Pooja Chaudhary to death on June 4. Police are conducting further investigation in this regard.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Murder/attempted Murder |
| Weapons | Fire |
| Primary Cause | Domestic violence |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Family/relative |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Family/relative |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Total Killed | 1 |
| Female Killed | 1 |
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