In a shocking incident, four siblings, three sisters and a brother, sustained burn injuries and were hospitalised as their brother-in-law allegedly set them on fire as revenge over a family dispute at Duarasuni village under the Bhawanipatna Sadar police limits in Kalahandi district late on Wednesday night.
The incident took place when the four were sleeping in their house. Their brother-in-law torched the house by pouring petrol through a skylight.
Chandan Nayak, a minor boy who was sleeping in a bed, was seriously injured while his three sisters, who were sleeping on floor, sustained minor burn injuries. All of them were admitted to the Kalahandi District Headquarters Hospital here. Condition of Chandan was stated to be critical.
The victims’ father of the victims has lodged a complaint with police. “We had some dispute with our son-in-law Arun Nayak. He might have committed this act,” said Gangadhar Nayak, father of the victims.
“It appears that the incident was fallout of a family dispute. The exact reason can be ascertained only after investigation,” said local SDPO Biranchi Dehury.