Dhenkanal: A woman sustained about 70% burns after a self-immolation bid in Godi Sahi village under Kamakshyanagar police limits in Dhenkanal district today.
According to reports, the woman identified as Mamata Sethi attempted to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze after dousing herself with kerosene. She had sustained about 70% burns before she could be rescued.
Allegedly Mamata took the extreme step after being unable to bear the torture by her drunkard husband Gangadhar Sethi.
Mamata was first rushed to the district headquarters hospital here but was later shifted to SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack as her condition deteriorated.