Police are probing an incident in which a 27-year-old woman remains in critical condition after she reportedly poured gasoline on herself and sent her body on fire during a domestic dispute at her home on Sunday.
• Around 1:00am on Sunday, WPC Laloo and Pc Padarath responded to a report of a patient being brought into the Couva district health facility suffering from severe burns about the body.
• The woman was identified as May Ann Abdool of Indian trail in Couva.
• Upon arrival the officers met with a doctor who stated around 12:00am that morning, Lionel Rackel of Indian trail Couva, arrived at the Couva health facility in company with the victim who is his common-law wife and reported that they had an argument.
• As a result of the dispute, she threw gasoline about her body and set herself on fire.
• The officers observed Abdool lying on a stretcher with severe burns about her body. The doctor indicated that she is in critical condition and was later transferred to the San Fernando General Hospital for further treatment.
• Wpc Francis of the Couva C.I.D is probing the incident.
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