Vav-Tharad (Gujarat), Oct 14 In a horrific incident, a man allegedly doused his two-year-old son with petrol and burnt him alive in Gujarat’s Vav-Tharad district as he considered raising the child a burden after his wife became estranged, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Tuesday in Suigam taluka of the district and the accused, Ashok Raval, has been arrested, he said, adding a first information report (FIR) was registered and further investigation was underway.
Raval set the toddler on fire and then took him to a hospital, where he was declared dead, Vav-Tharad Superintendent of Police C J Teraiya told PTI.
According to the FIR, Raval’s wife had been staying at her parental home following a marital dispute, and he had been living with their son in Suigam for the past three months.
Raval allegedly did not want to raise the child on his own. Considering the boy a burden, he poured petrol on the toddler and set him on fire, said police, citing the FIR.
(PTI News)
