Asha Rani is an Indian politician [1] belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
She was a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India until convicted on charges of having abducted[2] a maid and abetted in her death by burning.
[5][6][7][8][9] Her husband Ashok Veer Vikram Singh, a former Samajwadi Party member of the state assembly and a strongarm politician, had abducted Tijji and brought her to Bhopal where she became a bonded labourer.
The incident became well known when neighbours saw her in flames, but instead of running around she was sitting quietly.
[10] Subsequently, the Tijji-Bai case was investigated, and Asha Rani was charged.