Muslim man set trio including a baby on fire to die at home in Nashik , arrested from Aligarh.

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Muslim man sets afire Hindu lover Sangita, her daughter and her grandchild at Nashik, Maharashtra; all died…. Culprit arrested from Third wife’s house in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Sugam Deshmukh | HENB | Nashik | August 8, 2018:: A man of extreme Jihadi nature, who had set ablaze a 38-year-old woman, with whom he was having an extramarital affair, and her two kin here in Maharashtra, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday.

In an horrific incident, a 45­ year­ old Muslim man allegedly set ablaze his live­-in-partner, her daughter and nine­ month­ old grand­-daughter at their residence in the Panchavati-Kalika Nagar locality of the city early on Monday. While the baby, Siddhi and Sangita Devre (38) died of burn injuries; her daughter, Pritee Shendge (20), is battling for life at the Nashik Civil Hospital. All of them sustained over 70% burns. Doctors have said Pritee is in a very critical condition.

Jalaluddin Khan (45), had set afire the woman, Sangita Suresh Devre, her married daughter Preeti and infant granddaughter at her home in  here on Monday after an argument, Panchavati police station in-charge Madhukar Kad said.

Following the incident, the man, who is  married thrice, fled to Aligarh in UP.

The Nashik police managed to trace him and arrested him from Aligarh on Tuesday evening, Kad said.

Sources said, Jalaluddind was arrested from his third wife’s house, where he took a hide at Aligarh. Jalaluddin’s second wife used to stay in Etwa district and his first wife was died three years back in a street accident. Jalaluddin is a father of five sons and three daughters.

The accused has been booked under Sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC, he said.

Jalaluddin was having an affair with Sangita for the past one year. They had a heated argument on Sunday, the official said.

He came to her home past midnight on Monday. Devre’s 19-year-old daughter and her granddaughter were also in her home at that time, he said.

Khan poured kerosene on all three, set them afire and fled the scene, the official added.

Post script by HENB (09/08/2018): The last survived in the scene, Pritee Shendge (20) was died Nashik Civil Hospital on 8th August late night with 80%  burn injury.

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__inputs from PTI.