NEW DELHI: A father and son have been arrested in India for allegedly burning a woman alive over a soured relationship, authorities said on Monday. The 18-year-old was beaten by her former boyfriend and his father before being doused in kerosene and set alight in a district of Rajasthan state in western India, police said. "She was attacked by the father-son duo and later burnt alive," local police officer Manish Charan told AFP. He said the woman was returning home when the pair accosted her late on Saturday in a local market. In a neighbouring Rajasthan district on Sunday, a 70-year-old woman was beaten to death by a villager who accused her of witchcraft.

Source: The Star September 25, 2017 12:56 UTC