A 21-year-old woman and her two and a half years old son were charred to death in their house at Birmitrapur area on Saturday morning.
The father of the deceased woman lodged a complaint that his daughter and grandson were set ablaze as her in-laws were allegedly torturing her for dowry.
Police arrested the husband of the deceased woman and her mother-in-law and forwarded them to court on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased were identified Rakhi Sahu and her son Ayush. Police recovered the charred bodies from their house at Gandhi Road and sent for post mortem.
Rakhi’s father alleged that her husband Sunny Sahu and her in-laws were torturing her daughter and demanding dowry. The duo was also threatening to kill her in case they did get the dowry. And, finally they finished her off by setting her and her child ablaze.
Biramitrapur police registered a case and arrested Sunny and his mother Prabha Sahu(41) and forwarded them to court on Saturday afternoon. Further investigation was on.