Man held for trying to burn down neighbour's house in Maharashtra

Mumbai police arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly setting his neighbour's house on fire after a quarrel. The incident took place at New Bhabrekar Nagar in suburban Malad.

Mumbai: A 25-year-old man was arrested in suburban Malvani for allegedly trying to set his neighbour's house on fire after a quarrel.

The incident took place at New Bhabrekar Nagar in suburban Malad in the early hours on Thursday, the police said.

Babloo Ayaram Singh, who is a motor mechanic, had a heated argument with Jitendra Kumar Jaiswal's family on Wednesday night over a repayment of money. Singh was drunk at the time.

Jaiswal asked him not to use abusive language and slapped him.

Sometime after midnight, Singh allegedly splashed petrol on Jaiswal's house and set it on fire, the police said.

The fire was doused but a member of Jaiswal's family suffered burn injuries. On his complaint, Singh was arrested under section 307 of IPC (attempt to murder).

(PTI Report)