Ludhiana, May 27 -- Days after two men were booked for allegedly stealing goods from a plastic factory in Jugiana, the duo have now been accused of setting the unit ablaze in retaliation for refusing to withdraw the earlier theft case registered against them.

The Sahnewal police have registered an FIR under Section 326(G) (mischief by fire or explosive substance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Jagga and Rang Bahadar, following a complaint by the factory owner Abhishek Garg, a resident of Azad Nagar, Miller Ganj.

According to Garg, a theft had taken place at his plastic factory on May 18, after which he had named Jagga and Rang Bahadar in an FIR.

However, despite the case, the accused were yet to be arrested. Garg alleged that t...