Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old housewife — apparently haunted by the same dream — set herself on fire in the city's Addagutta area.
Officials say Swapna had been 'hearing' the voice of her village deity for the past few days, asking her to ‘come back’.
On Monday, when her husband was away and while her two children were playing outside, Swapna woke from her sleep, doused herself in kerosene and and set herself on fire.
“She suddenly woke up, walked into the kitchen, poured Kerosene on herself screaming, ‘I am coming to you’ and ran out of the house,” Tukaram’-gate Sub Inspector Mr K. Mohan said.
Neighbours who found her ablaze rushed her to the hospital where she's currently being treated for 50 per cent burns on her body. She is said to be out of danger. Police said that Swapna and B. Raju, a native of Warangal, married nearly nine years ago and settled down at Addagutta colony within the limits of Tukaramgate police station.
The couple have two kids who study in the nearby private school. On Monday, her husband was away at Warangal and the children were playing nearby. That's when the incident occurred.
