Heated argument ends with man on fire
Indian husband sets self ablaze after wife refuses to cook meat for dinner
AHMEDABAD, India - A jobless man burned himself to death after his wife refused to serve him meat for dinner, Indian police said Sunday.
Sixty-year-old Mithailal Ram Sanjivan doused his body with a flammable liquid and set himself ablaze outside his one-room house in Ahmedabad, the main city of western Gujarat state.
Police said the victim, who had been without a job for years, and his wife, Geeta Sanjivan, 54, had a scuffle over the dinner menu.
The wife, who works as a domestic, refused to cook meat, saying they could not afford it.
Irritated by this, Sanjivan locked her in the house before setting himself on fire outside.
Indian husband sets self ablaze after wife refuses to cook meat for dinner
AHMEDABAD, India - A jobless man burned himself to death after his wife refused to serve him meat for dinner, Indian police said Sunday.
Sixty-year-old Mithailal Ram Sanjivan doused his body with a flammable liquid and set himself ablaze outside his one-room house in Ahmedabad, the main city of western Gujarat state.
Police said the victim, who had been without a job for years, and his wife, Geeta Sanjivan, 54, had a scuffle over the dinner menu.
The wife, who works as a domestic, refused to cook meat, saying they could not afford it.
Irritated by this, Sanjivan locked her in the house before setting himself on fire outside.
