Father had set the boy on fire at their house after pouring turpentine oil on him. (Representative image)
HYDERABAD: A 10-year-old boy, who had suffered 90 per cent burns when his father set him ablaze for returning home late from an errand on January 17, died while undergoing treatment on Wednesday night in Hyderabad.
R Charan, a Class VI student, along with his parents and three siblings, was staying in a hut in KPHB Colony. On January 17 , Charan's father Balu, a labourer, sent him out to get beedis.
According to the police, the boy returned with beedis slightly later than expected, and his father who was already upset about the boy not paying attention to studies, thrashed him for not studying well and missing his tuitions.