Rajasthan: Woman ends life by jumping into brother's funeral pyre

Jaipur: A mentally disturbed woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into his burning pyre in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan. According to the police, Durga (28), a mother of three, was living with her brother Velaram Manat (35) for the last two to three years.

“Her husband refused to take her back after she was diagnosed with the psychiatric problem,” the police said. Velaram was returning from Dungarpur city to his village, Satirampur, when he met with an accident in front of the Dungarpur railway station, he died on the spot.

But, the body could be identified on Friday and was handed over to his family was the postmortem. They took it for cremation, about half a kilometer from their house. After half the pyre had burnt, the family members and other left the cremation ground for other rituals.

“During this time, the woman reached the cremation ground where the pyre was still burning and reportedly jumped into it. A man spotted her and informed the family members,” police said, adding by the time her family members reached the spot, she had died. “When we reached, her body was mostly burnt,” said Vinod Kumar Laxkar, SHO of Dungarpur Sadar police station.