Police have taken a 42-year-old man into custody after his five-year-old succumbed to 100 per cent burn injuries sustained yesterday. The shocking incident took place at 4 am near Pathare Landge Talim in Bhosari.

Tragic: Joginder Yadav and his five-year-old son Akshay (below) were residing together in a rented room near Pathare Landge Talim in Bhosari

Police said that they are questioning the father after neighbours alleged that the injured child while being taken to the hospital told them that his father had set him on fire.