Woman set on fire in Punjab’s Ahmedpur Siyal

PUNJAB: A married woman was set on fire in area of Ahmedpur Siyal, Punjab on Monday.

As per details, a woman named Humera was allegedly kidnapped from Gopalpur.

Sources said the woman was set ablaze by the kidnappers in Ahmedpur Siyal.

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The police have registered case against the kidnappers, raids were being carried out for the arrests.

Back in 2015, a girl identified as Sonia Bibi, 20, was set on fire in Multan after refusing marriage proposal.

She was admitted in Multan’s Nishtar Hospital, where she had breath her last.

The incident took place in a remote village of Multan district in central Punjab province.

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Police had arrested the 24-year-old suspect identified as Ahmed, who liked Sonia Bibi and wanted to marry her, but upon Sonia’s refusal he had set her on the fire and fled away.