A 67-year-old man was burnt to death in the Baddewewa West area in Suriyawewa on Thursday (4), Suriyawewa Police sources reported.
The victim has been identified as Karunasena Wannigama who was paralysed from the waist down, unable to walk on his own. The man had used crutches as an aid to walk. He had separated from his wife two years ago and had been cohabiting with a woman who had also been married previously.
He had been admitted to the Suriyawewa hospital with burn injuries and was later transferred to the Hambantota General hospital for further treatment and there he succumbed.
The victim, prior to his death had informed the authorities that it was his wife who had poured petrol on him and set fire to his body. The Suriyawewa Police thereafter arrested his wife; 41-year-old Susantha. She is to be produced before the Hambantota Magistrate’s court.