Son dies a week after father set him on fire over financial dealing
BENGALURU:
A man, whose father had allegedly set him on fire a week ago in the middle of the road in the city in the broad daylight, succumbed to his burn injuries in a hospital on Thursday.
According to police, 55-year-old Surendra, a native of Rajasthan, who was into the construction industry, allegedly threw paint thinner on his 25-year-old son Arpit and then set him on fire on April 1 afternoon at Azad Nagar near Chamarajpet.
The CCTV images showed the father and son coming out of their warehouse. The son stood near his scooter. The father then sprinkled something, said to be paint thinner on his body.
Arpit remained there near his father even when Surendra was lighting the matchstick with a hope that his father will not go to extreme.
To his rude shock, the father threw the burning matchstick on his son.
Arpit, engulfed in flames, ran on the road. The passersby and those working in the warehouse rushed to his rescue, doused the flame and rushed to the Victoria Government Hospital.
After a week, Arpit succumbed to his burn injuries on Thursday.
Police have arrested Surendra and registered a case of murder against him under section 302 of the IPC.
The reason behind the murder is suspected to be irregularities in the financial dealing, which irked father to take the extreme step.
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