Karnataka: Mother sets her daughters on fire, arrested

Karnataka Police arrested a woman from Mulabagilu town for allegedly setting ablaze her two daughters over a family dispute. Jyoti, a resident of Andhra Pradesh’s Kurubarahalli, had come to Anjanadri hill with her children to die by suicide.

According to the police, Jyoti set her two daughters on fire on Wednesday morning, leaving the 6-year-old dead on the spot, and another with severe injuries.

After receiving information from residents, police rushed to the scene and rescued the girl.

"The woman too was about to set herself ablaze but was stopped by locals," the police said. The injured child is undergoing treatment at Mulabagilu Government Hospital.

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Jyoti has been taken into custody by the police and is being interrogated.