Karnataka Labourer Set On Fire By Shop Owner Over Minor Dispute, Dies

A 32-year-old grocery shop owner has been arrested from Mulihithlu on charges of murdering his labourer by setting him on fire and later passing it off as an electrocution, police said.

Mangaluru South police arrested the accused, Tausif Hussain, on Saturday based on evidence after questioning local residents in the vicinity, city police commissioner Kuldeep Kumar R Jain said.

The man allegedly set Gajnana, the labourer, on fire and then tried to misrepresent it as an electrocution.