Three persons have been arrested in West Bengal’s Hooghly district after they set a minor girl on fire after she refused to be forced into
marriage, police said yesterday. One of the accused was her step-mother.

Class IX student Roshanara Khatoon was set on fire on Thursday morning by her step-mother and two others of her family. The 15-year-old girl failed to turn up for the scheduled pre-nuptial ceremony, preferring instead to study at that time. With over 70 per cent burns, the girl battles for life at Arambag subdivisional hospital in the district.