In a horrifying incident in Gumla district of Jharkhand, a 60-year-old man named Buddheshwar Oraon was burned alive after being thrown onto the funeral pyre of his deceased wife.
The act, reportedly fuelled by a longstanding dispute, was allegedly carried out by the victim’s brother-in-law, Jhari Oraon, and his nephew, Karampal Oraon.
The crime occurred on Wednesday evening but was revealed the following morning when Jhari surrendered to the police.
According to the victim’s son, Sandeep Oraon, his father was brutally attacked with an axe before being tossed into the flames.
“My mother, Mangri Devi, had tragically fallen into a well and died. During her cremation, my maternal uncle, Jhari Oraon, and his son, Karampal Oraon, attacked my father due to an old grudge. They beat him with an axe and then threw him into my mother's burning pyre,” recounted Sandeep.
“The moment they saw my father, they began assaulting him,” he added.
Sandeep further explained that after the axe attack, others present at the scene fled in fear. Jhari and Karampal then pushed his father into the fire, where he was burned alive.
The police have confirmed the sequence of events.
“A group of about 10-12 people were present for the woman’s last rites. Some individuals were intoxicated at the time. Amidst this, the elderly man was attacked with an axe over a prior conflict and subsequently thrown into the burning pyre,” stated the Gumla Police in an official statement.
One of the accused, Jhari Oraon, has been taken into custody.
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