A man sustained severe burn injuries after he was allegedly set on fire by three people, including the accused in a sexual harassment case involving his wife, in Maharashtra's Nanded district on Monday, reported PTI.
According to the police, the incident took place in the Bendri village of Nanded's Naigaon tehsil in the early hours of Monday.
Santosh Madhavraoo Bendrikar, who was arrested days earlier for molesting a woman, confronted her husband after getting out on bail on Sunday. Bendikar, along with his father and brother, allegedly poured petrol over the victim and set him on fire, near his house.
"Santosh Madhavraoo Bendrikar was booked by Naigaon police for allegedly molesting a woman on December 22. He was held from Narsi area on December 28, and got bail soon after. On December 29, he and his kin confronted the woman's husband over why the couple had approached police," a police official was quoted as saying by PTI.
"When the molestation victim's husband had gone to a tin shed near his house to give fodder to his buffaloes, accused Bendrikar, his father Madhav and his brother Shivkumar poured petrol on him and set him ablaze. The woman's husband is currently hospitalised with severe burn injuries in a hospital in Nanded city," the official added.
The main accused, his father and brother have been arrested, with a court remanding them in police custody on December 30, said Sub Inspector Gajanan Totewad.
Amid tension in the area, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Shyam Panegaonkar visited the spot.
(With inputs from PTI)