A 46-year-old man attempted to set his 40-year-old wife and two children on fire in his house over a domestic dispute by trying to cause a gas cylinder explosion, but the timely intervention of family members avoided a potential tragedy, police said on Tuesday.
The accused, Ranjan Ganeshprasad Shav, held his son (14 years), daughter (8 years), and wife hostage inside a room at his house in Koradi area on Monday and tried to set a gas cylinder on fire, an official said.
A potential tragedy was averted as other members of the family rushed in in time and overpowered Shav, who had removed the pipe of the gas cylinder and tried to light a match, as per the FIR.