Woman burnt was not one who kissed Rahul Gandhi

GUWAHATI: The police have denied that the woman, who died of burn injuries in Assam, was the one who had kissed Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi during his recent two-day state visit, news reports claimed Saturday.
A news channel quoted Superintendent of Police Amanjeet Kaur as saying that the woman who died was a Congress member, but was not present during Rahul’s meet. The SP said the investigations are on, reports Zeenews.
Kaur said the victim, Bonti Chutia, died of burn injuries, while her husband, Someswar Chutia, had also sustained 35 per cent burn injuries.
“We have talked to people and came to know that although she (the victim) came to the venue Wednesday to interact with the Congress leader, she stayed outside the programme for some reasons,” IANS quoted Kaur as saying.
“We also came to know from the neighbours that both the husband and wife had a strained relationship for a long time and that could be one of the reasons for the incident,” she said.
Earlier, separate reports had claimed that the woman, who kissed the Gandhi scion during his Assam tour, was burnt to death allegedly by her husband.
Reports said that a quarrel occurred between the couple over the kissing incident, following which the husband set his wife on fire. It is still unclear whether the unfortunate incident is linked to the kissing incident, according to a news agency.