Man Kills Mother-in-Law by Setting Her on Fire, Dies Himself Due to Burns

A 56-year-old man, Krishna Daji Ashtankar, allegedly set his 72-year-old mother-in-law, Babi Daji Usare, on fire inside his tempo.

Mumbai: An incident of murder and self-immolation shook the Mulund area of Mumbai on Monday. A 56-year-old man, Krishna Daji Ashtankar, allegedly set his 72-year-old mother-in-law, Babi Daji Usare, on fire inside his tempo, killing her. Ashtankar, a tempo driver, also died from burn injuries sustained during the incident.

Babi Daji Usare, his mother-in-law, was 72

Ashtankar, a tempo driver, was living in his vehicle after his wife left him six months ago to stay with a patient in Borivali as a caretaker. His son and married daughter too lived elsewhere, said the official.

As per the preliminary investigation, Ashtankar, who struggled with alcohol addiction, was angry because he had to live alone, and suspected that his mother-in-law encouraged his wife to live apart.

As per the victim woman’s son, Ashtankar offered to take her to hospital in his tempo on Monday for an eye surgery she needed.

He then apparently closed the tempo’s rear shutter and beat the hapless woman with a heavy object before setting her on fire.

But he too was engulfed in flames inside the small space and sustained fatal injuries.

Some passersby alerted the police who reached the spot along with a fire brigade team.

The shutter was broken down, and both were taken to hospital where the doctors declared them dead on arrival.

Further investigation was underway.

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