A 30-year-old woman suffered severe burn injuries after she allegedly set herself on fire following a domestic dispute with her husband in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place in the Banpur area on Tuesday evening, they said.

According to Lalitpur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kalu Singh, Aarti (30), wife of Sanju Raja, poured a flammable substance on her body and set herself ablaze after a quarrel with her husband at their home in Barai village.

“She was initially admitted to Lalitpur district hospital in a critical condition, and later referred to Jhansi Medical College as her condition deteriorated,” Singh said.

In her statement to police, the woman alleged that her husband had refused to let her visit her parental home, du

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