Daily NEWS Srilanka

An instance where a husband who has gone to the extent of setting his newly married wife on fire and thus murder her because of a family conflict was reported from Amparai today.

30 year old Morris Marina living in Karathivu, Samanthurai, Amparai was set on fire in this manner by a person who is supposed to be her 31 year old husband. It had been revealed by police
investigations that last night (04) she had been assaulted and when she had fallen unconscious as a result the said husband had piled up a fire close to the house and had taken steps to set the wife on fire.

It had been only 4 months since the couple had got married and parents of the deceased woman who were living in a part of the same house had mentioned that there had been disputes between this couple during the past from time to time. As a result the son-in-law had become addicted to drinking and had created a rumpus on such occasions. Whatever it is, on the day of the murder he had not been under the influence of liquor and the parents had not been aware of the moment when the murder took place in the midnight. They came to know only the following morning that their daughter had been set on fire from a stack of fire outside the house. The husband concerned had tried to flee from the house after the incident but was taken into custody by the police  and is supposed to be produced before the magistrate today.