Ludhiana: In a big threat to the residents of Joshi Nagar, a man drunk with the same location allegedly set at least three vehicles and a house on fire when most families were sleeping at the early hours on Saturday.
A family with two toddlers has a narrow escape in the incident.
The fire brigade must be called to extinguish the fire.
The locality residents managed to catch the drunkard and handed it to the police.
The defendant was identified as Shankar, 30, a Joshi Nagar worker, had been arrested.
Kankaj Walia, a catering that lives on Jalan number 6 Joshi Nagar, said he was sleeping at home with his wife and two children, 3 years old, 3 years old, and 8 years old, when he suddenly realized that his house was burning.
He immediately rushed out of the house with other family members to save their lives.
He noticed that the Van pick up parked outside their home caught fire.
After that, he called the fire fighting.
Wali said the fire reached the second floor of the house and damaged furniture and other items.
He suffered a loss around Rs 4 Lakh.
Other local residents Sandeep Rai said the autorickshaw and a car Tata Nano from the savior of other people Singh was also burned by the defendant.
The last month, several vehicles parked outside the house were damaged or burned.
However, they did not realize that Shankar might be behind the incident.
But this time, residents woke up and watched Shankar escape.
In addition, CCTV cameras were installed in the area capturing the movement of the defendant.
“Sub-Inspector of Harpreet Singh, Sho, Haibowal Police Station, said Shankar had been arrested.
He did this in a drunk condition.
A case below Section 436 (damage to fire or explosives with the intention to destroy homes etc.), 427 (damage causing Damage to fifty rupees) from the Indian Criminal Code (IPC) and Part 5 of the Punjab Prevention of damage to the public and personal property laws, has been registered against the defendant.