Father lits son on fire for losing cash in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: In a tragic incident occurred in Azad Nagar here, a man has reportedly set his son on fire for losing an amount of Rs 12,000, the video of which has gone viral on social media.
The deceased has been identified as Arpit who was killed by his own father Surendra, reports said.
It was revealed that the horrifying incident captured in the viral video occurred earlier on 1 April where a father sets his own son on fire in broad daylight.
After learning that the son has lost Rs 12,000, Surendra poured petrol over him, threatening to set him on fire with a lit match stick, while following him outside their house is captured in the viral video.
The CCTV footage showed the boy screaming and running around on the streets after he was burnt by his father.
Although the boy was admitted to the Victoria Hospital by the locals, he breathed his last on Thursday due to ineffective treatment of severe burns.
Meanwhile, it is learned that a case has been registered in this regard with the DJ Halli Police Station and the accused has been arrested.
Bizman sets son ablaze over financial row: Surendra Kumar @ Babu has been arrested by @chamarajpeteps. He had set his son Arpith ablaze on April 1 over alleged financial row in their business. Arpith succumbbed to injuries on Thursday morning.#Bengaluru #CrimeNews@DeccanHerald pic.twitter.com/8beGq5uhub
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We will move court again to resist voter deletions: Mamata
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission over voter deletions during the SIR exercise and said her party will move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the rolls.
Her comments came after nearly 91 lakh voters' names were deleted from the electoral rolls following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision in the state.
“You will not be able to defeat the TMC by deleting names. We will move a court again to resist the exclusion of names," Banerjee said while attacking her principal challenger BJP over the roll revision exercise.
Banerjee had in February argued in the Supreme Court as she sought an intervention in the SIR process.
The EC figures, which pushed the total deletion to over 90.83 lakh names from the original voter base of 7.66 crore in October 2025, showed that the proportion of removal of electors now remains at over 11.85 per cent.
Criticising the poll panel over the SIR process, she also said, "We will fight legally to get the names included on the list as per the Constitution. If people cannot cast their votes, what is the need to frame the tribunal? And then you are saying that the list has been frozen. What is this? We will challenge it and try to understand it."
Addressing a poll rally at Arambagh in Hooghly district, the TMC supremo accused the saffron party of trying to manipulate the electoral rolls and offering money to woo voters.
Banerjee also charged the Election Commission with intimidating people over the phone.
“It (EC) is working at the behest of the BJP. It is calling people over the telephone to threaten and intimidate them,” she claimed.
Later, while speaking at a rally in Balagarh in the same district, Banerjee warned that voting for the BJP would effectively mean "giving up fish, meat, and speaking in Bengali".
“People are not allowed to eat eggs, fish, or meat in the BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. The same will happen here if the BJP comes to power," Banerjee claimed.
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