A 35-year-old man was set ablaze by miscreants while he was asleep at Janakpuri under Kotwali police station area in the wee hours on Thursday.
According to the police, the victim Naseem Khan was asleep near a mosque and while he was asleep miscreant set him ablaze after pouring petrol.
In his complaint victim claimed stated that when he woke up, found himself in flames.
During initial investigation police found that the victim after working late in the night on Wednesday slept over his handcart and around 4 am the locals rushed to his rescue after they found that a man was engulfed in fire.
The victim was rushed to Hamidia hospital where he is undergoing treatment. The victim had sustained around 70 percent burns and is reportedly stable.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 307 and 34 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Police have not found any reason of attack as the victim was not able to notice the miscreants and only thing which he was able to notice was the number of attackers was more than one.
The victim works as a porter and lives in Shajehanabad area. The incident took place when the victim was asleep after work as it was too late to return home at Shahjehanabad.
It was an attempt to murder or the miscreants wanted to terrify the victim was not confirmed and would be searched.