Overview
- Police said Ashok Babu Rajput entered the Kubernagar parlour around 6 p.m. and set Jaya Nebrajani, 32, and her mother Shobhana, 52, on fire with an inflammable liquid.
- Bystanders tried to douse the flames and the two were taken to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where Jaya succumbed to her injuries.
- Shobhana remains in critical condition with extensive burns, with some reports citing about 70 percent.
- Rajput sustained burns, was arrested, and is admitted to Civil Hospital under police guard.
- Sardarnagar police first registered attempt-to-murder under BNS Section 109(1) on a complaint by Jaya’s brother and added murder after her death, with the FIR noting the couple’s troubled marriage since April.