Video of the incident showing the woman's body catching fire in Hojai. Image credit: India Today
Video of the incident showing the woman's body catching fire in Hojai. Image credit: India Today

Saleha Begum, a 50-year-old woman in Hojai district of Assam, was set on fire by a land mafia group over a land dispute.

The videos of this bone-chilling went viral on social media after a group of locals captured the entire incident on their mobile phones.

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The victim was later rescued by police and admitted to a hospital.

The incident was reported on Thursday from Dakshin Samarali area of the district under Murajhar police station.

Speaking to the police Begum later said, โ€œThe land belongs to us, which the mafia group tried to capture forcibly.โ€

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โ€œThey tried to kill me by setting me on fire. However, I managed to escape somehow,โ€ she added.

In the video that went viral, it could be clearly seen that the group was trying to plough the land by using a tractor, which was objected by Begum and her family.

Meanwhile, the police have registered two cases at Murajhar police station in connection with the incident.