Jalaun, March 14 -- A tragic incident has emerged from Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh, where a paramilitary soldier succumbed to severe burn injuries nine days after his wife died in a kitchen fire caused by a leaking LPG cylinder regulator.
The incident occurred on March 4 during Holi in Umri town under Rampura police station. The deceased soldier, 30-year-old Brijendra Singh Jodhavat alias Vicky, was serving as a Havildar in a paramilitary force and was posted in Guwahati. He had come home on a month-long leave on February 15.
On the day of the festival, his wife Sangam Devi, 28, was cooking in the kitchen when gas leakage from the cylinder regulator triggered a fire. Her saree caught fire, and when she screamed for help, Brijendra ru...