<p class="title">A 28-year-old Scheduled Caste man, mistaken as a thief and set afire for entering a house to avoid stray dogs in Barabanki district, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital here, said police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Victim Sujit Kumar, who was admitted in the Syama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital in Lucknow with 40% burns, died on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Medical Superintendent Ashutosh Dubey of the hospital said Kumar had suffered burns in his legs and had been put under observation as he was critical.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His wounds had also developed infection, which had spread to other parts of the body, the doctor said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place in Deva area of Barabanki's Raghopur village on July 19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar was going to his in-laws' house at around 2 am on Friday when stray dogs began barking at him and chasing him, said police, adding he entered into a house to avoid dogs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The occupants of the house mistook him for a thief, beat him up and set him on fire after dousing him with petrol, Barabanki Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An FIR has been registered against four people under the Indian Penal Code, he said, adding two of the accused— Shravan and Umesh Yadav — were arrested last week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two others were arrested later, he said, adding a probe is on in the matter.</p>
<p class="title">A 28-year-old Scheduled Caste man, mistaken as a thief and set afire for entering a house to avoid stray dogs in Barabanki district, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital here, said police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Victim Sujit Kumar, who was admitted in the Syama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital in Lucknow with 40% burns, died on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Medical Superintendent Ashutosh Dubey of the hospital said Kumar had suffered burns in his legs and had been put under observation as he was critical.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His wounds had also developed infection, which had spread to other parts of the body, the doctor said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place in Deva area of Barabanki's Raghopur village on July 19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar was going to his in-laws' house at around 2 am on Friday when stray dogs began barking at him and chasing him, said police, adding he entered into a house to avoid dogs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The occupants of the house mistook him for a thief, beat him up and set him on fire after dousing him with petrol, Barabanki Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An FIR has been registered against four people under the Indian Penal Code, he said, adding two of the accused— Shravan and Umesh Yadav — were arrested last week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two others were arrested later, he said, adding a probe is on in the matter.</p>