Incident Reports

Husband accused of setting his wife on fire in Lalitpur

2021-10-28

Bagmati, Lalitpur, Godawari, Ward 4

Police arrested Raju Desar, a 28-year-old man of Godawari-13 on the charge of attempting murder on his 27-year-old wife  Muna Magar in Udayapur, by pouring kerosene and setting her on fire. The couple allegedly got in dispute on October 28.  According to the police, the treatment of the victim is going on in Burn Center in Kritipur. The victim claimed that her husband set her on fire but the accused has denied the accusation and claimed that the victim did it by herself. According to police, though the victim can have conversation, her health situation is serious and 40% of her body has been burnt.

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 Injured 1
Female Injured 1
National/Online Media

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