A man was sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in Gondia in Maharashtra for burning to death his wife, their son and his father-in-law in February last year. As per the prosecution, Kishore Shriram Shende (42), a resident of Bhiwapur in Tirora tehsil, used to doubt his wife Aarti's character and would pick up fights with her.

"On February 15, 2023, he arrived at her maternal home, poured petrol on his paralytic father-in-law Devanand Meshram and burnt him alive. When his wife Aarti and son Jay opened the door, he set them ablaze as well. Meshram died on the spot, Jay sometime later and Aarti on February 21," an official said.