HORRIFIC: Girl, 19, Burnt To Death In India For Attempting To Marry For Love

A 19-year-old girl has been burnt to death and her mother beaten after pleading with village elders to be allowed to marry a boy from the same village and same caste, Indian police have confirmed.

Anju Yadav, 19, from Karahkol village, in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, was set on fire at her home while her mother, Gyanwati Devi, 48, was on the other side of the village pleading with the village council to allow Anju to marry her boyfriend of two-years, Ranjit Yadav, 21.

But the village council, along with the boy’s father, Jai Hind Yadav, 52, rejected their pleas insisting it was against tradition.


In love: Anju Yadav, 19, from Karahkol village and Ranjit Yadav, 21 were in love according to Anju’s mother instead, the boy’s father rushed over to the family home and set the girl alight, it was claimed.

Rakesh Kumar, head of Ikauna Police Station, said: ‘Jai Hind along with three other villagers rushed to the girl’s house and doused her with inflammable liquid and set her alight while her mother was at the council meeting. We have arrested two members of the group while two are still on the run.’