Woman Burnt Alive For Protesting Against Cutting of Trees 

Jodhpur: A 20-year-old woman was burnt alive in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district because she opposed felling of trees on her farm. The victim Lalitha had an altercation with villagers on Saturday as she protested cutting of trees for widening a road along her farm near Pipad town.

Prima facie it does not appear a case of being burnt by villagers and it seems the quarrel was not on felling of trees

In an FIR report, her family said the quarrel became so ugly that some villagers poured petrol on her and set her afire.

According to the police, Lalita died on Sunday from her injuries while being treated at a government hospital here. "Prima facie it does not appear a case of being burnt by villagers and it seems the quarrel was not on felling of trees," a police official said.

An investigation has been launched into the incident. "We will arrest the culprits soon," the official said.

IANS