Vadodara: The fire at the car of former Minister of State for Housing and Urban Narmada Yogesh Patel has turned out to be an act of arson.
Previously believed that a short circuit may cause fire.
Fire was reported in the early hours on Thursday.
The driver Patel Gaurang Patel, however, filed a complaint with arson after CCTV footage from the area revealed that the man had been pulverized.
Police and firefighters rushed to the scene and dousing the flames, but not before extensive damage is done to the car.
Because nothing is visible around the car, it is believed that the fire was going to happen by accident.
CCTV footage collected by Raopura police, however, revealed that the man had approached the car at 2:42 am on Thursday.
He set fire to a car and drive around at 2:47 in the morning.
After the new facts arise in this case, Gaurang register violations against persons unknown for setting blillazon car.
Investigations revealed that the man seen in the CCTV footage is Mohammedanis Daruwala.
He was arrested by the police and arrested after he was found to be negative for Covid-19.Vestigasi in this case has been handed over to the State Police Crime Branch.
Details emerge so far show that the defendant has a criminal history.
He is believed to be the head and unexpected.
On December 28, Daruwala had burned two cars in Wadi area in the city after his brother had a quarrel with the owner of one car.
Recently, his father has been revealing.
He was involved in several minor violations previously.