Chamarajanagar: A man set his pregnant wife and two-and-a-half-year-old daughter on fire after a trivial argument. Both mother and daughter succumbed soon after.
According to the Chamarajanagar East police, the deceased have been identified as Lakshmi (24) and her daughter Praneetha. Her husband, Somashekhar and his parents allegedly poured kerosene on both of them and set them on fire. Even though the locals rushed them to the Chamarajanagar district hospital, the two succumbed to their injuries.
Lakshmi was six months pregnant at the time of the incident.
All of the accused are absconding and the police have formed a special team to apprehend them.
Lakshmi’s parents have alleged that she and Somashekhar were married four years ago and since then, they have been fighting even over trivial issues.