Six of family die as man sets fire to his daughter’s house Updated: Updated: Police attribute it to ‘family dispute’, accused on the run. Share Article Police attribute it to ‘family dispute’, accused on the run. Six persons, including three children, were burnt to death at Mugatageri village in Ponnampet Police Station limits of Kodagu district early on Saturday. The police said the accused, identified as Boja, 50, a labourer, set fire to the house where his wife, daughter, grandchildren and others were asleep, around 2 a.m. Frequent fights The police said Boja’s wife Bebi, 40, who was fed up with the frequent fights he used to have with her in a drunken state, had come to her daughter’s house on Friday.