Bengaluru House Fire: Man sets relative’s house on fire over financial dispute in Bengaluru; accused on the run | Bengaluru News
BENGALURU: A 45-year-old man allegedly set the house of his relative on fire over a financial dispute in Vivek Nagar on Tuesday.According to the police, no casualties were reported in the incident, but the house of the victim was damaged.The accused was identified as Subramani, a resident of Ejipura in Vivek Nagar.According to the complaint filed by Sathish Kumar, 41, a resident of 4th Cross in Vivek Nagar, the incident happened around 5.20pm on July 1.Satish lives in a three-storey building with his mother, Venkataramani, her brother Mohandas, Vijay Kumar, and Ravikumar. He works as a security training and inspection manager at a private firm in Whitefield for the last nine months.Satish said that around eight years ago, his brother’s daughter, Parvati, took a loan of Rs 5 lakhs from his mother, Venkataramani, for the marriage of her daughter, Mahalakshmi, aka Ammu. Venkataramani asked Parvati to return the borrowed money.When his mother asked for the money back, Parvati and her daughter Mahalakshmi got angry and abused his mother. On the evening of June 30, Mahalakshmi called Satish on phone and told him, “Your mother and your brother Ravi are asking to return the money repeatedly. Tell them not to ask for money.”She also threatened Satish with dire consequences.Following the threats, Satish and others went to Parvati’s house around 7.30pm. They asked them to discuss the issue and fix things before returning home.On July 1, around 5.30pm, Satish’s mother called him and informed him that someone set fire on the ground floor of the house while his brother was sleeping. The neighbours who saw the fire managed to douse it. The shoe rack, window, and main door of the house were gutted in the fire.After returning home, Satish checked the CCTV footage and found Subramani pouring petrol on the premises and setting it on fire. Satish accused Subramani of trying to kill his mother and brother.
