Lucknow: Sripat Azad, Samajwadi Party MLA from Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, has allegedly set a woman on fire after an argument. The MLA is missing, as the police have launched a manhunt to nab him.

 

The woman received serious burn injuries, and was admitted to the Gorakhpur Medical College Hospital. Ironically, the woman denied the charges levelled by his son in the FIR and said that her clothes caught fire, while she was in kitchen.

 

She also disputed her son's version that the MLA was a frequent visitor to her home. "My son is probably saying so under influence", she claimed.

 

The woman's son is a minor and in the FIR, he said that the MLA had an argument with his mother during dinner. "He threw his plate away and set my mother on fire, using kerosene oil", he said.