Overview

• The incident occurred in the early hours of August 25 at the couple’s home in Pagotegaon, Uran, where 32-year-old Jagrani Rajkumar Sahu was found fatally burned.
• Uran police say Rajkumar Ramshiromani Sahu, 35, suspected his wife of an extramarital affair and allegedly tied her hands and legs, poured kerosene, and ignited her with a lighter.
• The couple’s seven-year-old daughter told investigators she saw her father set her mother on fire, contradicting his initial account.
• Local CCTV footage reviewed by police shows the accused leaving the house in the early hours after the incident, undermining his claim that he was not present.
• After an initial accidental-death entry, a murder FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 103(1) was registered on August 26 and Sahu was taken into custody, with police calling it a clear-cut case of domestic violence and saying the probe continues.