<p class="title">A 28-year-old Dalit man on Friday sustained injuries after some people mistook him for a thief and allegedly tried to burn him alive, when he entered a house to avoid stray dogs in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victim, Sujit Kumar, was rushed to a hospital, where his condition is stated to be stable, they said, adding that two of the four accused named in the FIR had been arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place in Deva area of Barabanki's Raghopur village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar was going to his in-law's house at around 2 am on Friday. He was being chased by stray dogs and he entered a house to avoid them, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The occupants of the house mistook him for a thief. They thrashed him and tried to burn him alive by dousing him in petrol, superintendent of police, Barabanki, Akash Tomar, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar sustained burn injuries on his back and was rushed to Civil Hospital, Lucknow. His condition was stated to be stable, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An FIR has been registered against four people under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code in this regard. Two of the accused - Shravan and Umesh Yadav, have been arrested and a hunt is on to nab the others, they said. </p>
<p class="title">A 28-year-old Dalit man on Friday sustained injuries after some people mistook him for a thief and allegedly tried to burn him alive, when he entered a house to avoid stray dogs in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victim, Sujit Kumar, was rushed to a hospital, where his condition is stated to be stable, they said, adding that two of the four accused named in the FIR had been arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place in Deva area of Barabanki's Raghopur village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar was going to his in-law's house at around 2 am on Friday. He was being chased by stray dogs and he entered a house to avoid them, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The occupants of the house mistook him for a thief. They thrashed him and tried to burn him alive by dousing him in petrol, superintendent of police, Barabanki, Akash Tomar, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar sustained burn injuries on his back and was rushed to Civil Hospital, Lucknow. His condition was stated to be stable, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An FIR has been registered against four people under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code in this regard. Two of the accused - Shravan and Umesh Yadav, have been arrested and a hunt is on to nab the others, they said. </p>