“Her father-in-law Shishir called me up on April 2 and said that Shoma had set herself on fire. We rushed to Jadavpur only to find her badly burnt. We rushed her to the hospital but the burns were too severe. She died on Thursday,” Kundu said.

“We registered the complaint on April 3, a day after she was burnt, but the police are yet to take any action. We have come to know that a magisterial inquiry has been ordered, but none of her in-laws have been arrested. She was my only child,” Kundu, a state government employee, said.

Shankar Biswas, OC Kasba, said the body had been sent for post-mortem. “The case has been registered and our investigation is on to ascertain the reasons behind her death,” said Biswas.