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ANDHERI - On November 28 a woman was charred to death
when she poured kerosene into the stove to light it.
In an attempt to save his wife, the husband too, was
engulfed in flames. The two, Zarina Abdul Karodia (40)
and Mohhamed Abdul Karodia were residents of Hanif wirewala
chawl, Andheri (W).
On hearing their cries, their neighbour, Khursheed Sayyab
entered their house and took them to Cooper Hospital.
Dr Nagarkar said, “Abdul has sustained 30% burns
but his wife had sustained 95% burns.“ She passed
away on November 29. Abdul told said “I got burnt
while trying to save my wife.” I have a two-and-a-half-year-old
daughter who is in my village now.
Their neighbour said that before the mishap, the family
was getting ready to attend someone's wedding. When
the lady was caught in flames and her husband came to
her rescue, she told him to stay away. Abdul is in Cooper
Hospital and a case has been registered in the D N Nagar
police station.
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