Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Crime-Justice

SIR 'fear': Woman sets herself afire in Kolkata, dies

IANS | November 18, 2025 12:31 PM

KOLKATA: A woman died, allegedly after setting herself on fire following a "delay" in receiving enumeration forms as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal, the police said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred on Monday in the Purba Putiary area in Kolkata.

The family alleged that the woman, identified as Jamuna Mondal (67), has been suffering from anxiety after there was a two-day delay in receiving the enumeration form from the Block Level Officer (BLO).

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