Man sets household goods afire, forces wife, son to consume poison

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Times News Network
Kanpur:A man allegedly set the household goods on fire after forcing his wife and son to consume poison when they protested his drinking habit in Naubasta area of the city on late Tuesday night
Dharmendra Singh, a tent house operator and a resident of Gulab Chandra Ka Hata, lives with his wife Sudha and their two children--son Sagar (21) and daughter Sonali (23).
The daughter told the police that her father was addicted to drinking and used to thrash them whenever they protested his drinking habit. She said on late Tuesday night, when he returned home in a drunk state, her mother and brother admonished him. Enraged over this he started beating them.
“When they tried to raise an alarm and seek help from neighbours, my father forced my mother and brother to consume poison and later set the household belongings on fire,” she further told the police.
After visiting the spot, the police somehow doused the fire by reaching inside the house through the roof and sent the mother-son duo to the hospital, where the condition of both of them was stated to be out of danger.
Station in-charge Satish Singh said, “Investigations are continuing and the accused has been taken into custody.”Both the injured are undergoing treatment at city hospital. Doctors have stated their condition to be out of danger,” Singh added.