New Delhi:
A 74-year-old man was found charred to death in his rented accommodation in Greater Kailash-1 area in Delhi.
According to the police, the man - identified as Kapil Dev Aryan - was found with 100% burns inside the house where he has been living for the last 40 years.
His wife Guddi, who was not at home at the time of incident, alleged foul play behind Mr Aryan's death.
"The wife of the victim has alleged that the landlord's family was behind the crime. A case has been registered on the wife's complaint and the police are questioning the landlord's family to ascertain whether it was a case of murder. There was also a dispute over the property of the house," said a senior police official.
Police said, a PCR call was received at 9.28 on yesterday about the incident. The landlady had called the fire service after she saw smoke coming out from Mr Aryan's room. Three fire tenders took half an hour to douse the fire which had engulfed the entire room.
According to police, Mr Aryan was an alcoholic and a heavy smoker. He has been living without electricity for some time. He used to light candles and drink and smoke heavily every night.
His wife, who was living in Gurgaon with her daughter, later registered a police complaint that her husband was set on fire.
The postmortem report is awaited and further investigations are on, police said.