Indian wife and her baby daughter burned to death by husband as the mother breastfed her little girl because he wanted a son

Vintage wrote:RIP to the mother and her daughter. I avidly await the trial and punishment to which 'man' will be subjected to but maybe I shouldn't hold my breath. I also await the posts about men killing their wives in all societies waffle.

ALLAKAKA wrote:Annu Devi, 22, burned to death while breastfeeding her daughter
Husband Gunjan Masat poured kerosene over the pair before lighting it
Masat then allegedly moved the still-living Devi close to a fire to make it look like she had accidentally set herself on fire

Mother and baby were discovered the next morning with 90 per cent burns

They were taken to hospital but were pronounced dead on arrival
Devi's father claims in-laws became angry when she gave birth to a girl

By Chris Pleasance

PUBLISHED: 09:28, 1 February 2014  | UPDATED: 12:07, 1 February 2014


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Vintage wrote:It is beyond comprehension to douse someone in parrafin set them alight and watch them burn but he went even further and made her move to a fireplace while dying from 90% burns to make it look like an accident, then left her and the child to die there and to be found by someone else - what punishment can you possibly give such a person (that's legal anyway) and to his rotten and ignorant family for that matter.

Vintage wrote:Unfortunately Mama there are far too many of these brutes in all walks of life.