A 35-year-old man from Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district allegedly attempted to set his wife ablaze after she refused to give him money to buy liquor, police said on Friday.

The police have registered a case under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC against the accused Firoz Firazu Uddin Shaikh for the alleged incident, which took place in the Shantinagar area on Thursday evening, police PRO Jaimala Wasave said.