The accused threatened to lodge a fake dowry harassment case against them (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images

Ludhiana: A 60-year-old man in Ludhiana allegedly set himself ablaze after he was threatened by his daughter-in-law. The man took the drastic step at his house in Guru Gobind Singh Nagar at Noorwala Road on Saturday. He breathed his last on Monday.

Reportedly, the man's daughter-in-law and her parents had been harassing the elderly man and had threatened to implicate him in a dowry harassment case.

Thrashed, humiliated & threatened with fake case

The victim’s wife said that he ended his life as he was humiliated and thrashed by their son's in-laws on Saturday. She added that the accused also threatened to lodge a fake dowry harassment case against them.

Upset over the incident, the man returned to his house and poured kerosene on himself. The man then set himself ablaze. He was rushed to a hospital but he breathed his last during treatment, Hindustan Times reported. The deceased's wife said that her son got married around one-and-a-half years ago and has a six-month-old daughter.

'She had started harassing me soon after her marriage'

The woman said, "Three months ago, my husband and I suffered injuries in a mishap, after which our daughter-in-law and her parents started abusing us. Our daughter-in-law wanted to move in a separate accommodation, but when my husband refused, she assaulted him. She had started harassing me soon after her marriage. "

Station house officer (SHO) Basti Jodhewal, Mohammad Jamil, said that the accused have been booked under sections 306 (suicide) and 34 ( acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and efforts are being made to arrest the accused.