The incident occurred at the residence of Nagabushan, at seventh main, first stage in Vijayanagar here. He had parked Hyundai i-10 running on petrol, on the premises on Saturday night.
He woke up to a sound around 4.30 am only to see smoke billowing out. The car had caught fire with flame emanating from a wheel.
He soon informed fire personnel, but in vain as the car had been totally burnt.
In his complaint to Vijayanagar police Nagabushan has alleged that the documents of the car is also gutted in the incident.
The police who have registered the case as misfire would refer the case to electrical inspector, as is the procedure for further investigation into the incident.
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