KATHMANDU: A woman committed suicide by setting fire to her body in Kathmandu on Friday.
According to SP Sitaraj Rijal, the spokesperson of Kathmandu District Police, 36-year-old Shanti Shrestha of Ramechhap, a resident of Chandragiri Municipality-9 Machhegaon, committed suicide by setting fire to herself.
He said that Shrestha sprinkling petrol and set herself on fire at 3:30 pm on Friday.
Locals and police rescued and took her to Kirtipur Hospital for treatment. She died during treatment at 3:20 this morning, police said.
“The police have started an investigation as to why Shrestha committed suicide,” SP Rijal informed.
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