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7 arrested in widow's burning

Police have arrested seven relatives of a 75-year-old widow for doing nothing to prevent the woman from killing herself by jumping into her husband's funeral pyre, officials said yesterday.

Lalmati Verma's three sons, their wives and her daughter were arrested on Monday following the death this weekend in a village in Chattisgarh state in central India, said senior police official Amit Kumar.