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Patna: A woman, who was allegedly raped and then set on fire by a civic body chief in Bihar, died after battling for life for six days, a police official said on Saturday.
The victim, Asha Devi, in her 30s, suffered nearly 80 per cent burns. She died at a nursing home in Siliguri in neighbouring West Bengal.
She was admitted in a critical condition in the nursing home last week after she was set on fire by Navin Yadav, Thakurganj Nagar Panchayat chief in Kishanganj district, about 350km from the state capital here.
She was allegedly raped and set on fire by Yadav, says the first information report (FIR) lodged in the case. A case has been lodged against Yadav, said Superintendent of Police M.R. Naik. He later surrendered to the police and was remanded in 14 days' judicial custody by Kishanganj chief judicial magistrate on Monday.
The victim, in her dying declaration before a magistrate, blamed Yadav and "charged him with burning her", police sources said.
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