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Man kills son, injures wife by setting fire sprinkling petrol



NEPALGUNJ: A two-year-old baby died when his father sprinkled petrol and set fire on his wife and son last night.

The son died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bheri.

DSP Ain Bahadur Malla of the area police office Kohalpur said that Bhanubhakta BK sprinkled petrol on his wife and set her on fire during a quarrel with her.

His son Prince was also burnt when he sprinkled petrol on his wife.

His wife, Ganga, is undergoing treatment at the Bheri Hospital, police said.

Police arrested Bhanubhakta when he was trying to flle to India from the border.

Publish Date : 30 January 2023 08:57 AM

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