New Delhi: A man has been arrested for
allegedly trying to set a married woman on fire by barging
into her house and throwing a burning jacket at her in south
Delhi's Malviya Nagar, police said today.
The accused, Chanki Thakur, was reportedly upset on being
ignored by the woman he was in love with, they said.
He was arrested from Burari later in the day.
Thakur reached the house of the woman's parents and
sprinkled petrol on himself and her. He set fire to his jacket
and threw it towards the woman, police said.
Her brother caught hold of the jacket and threw it
outside the house, they said, adding the brother and mother of
the woman were injured in the incident.
The woman was staying at her parents' house after having
some troubles with her husband, police added.
PTI
