India, May 20 -- A couple was battling for their lives with nearly 70% burns after unidentified attackers allegedly broke into their home and set them on fire while they were asleep at Chakrada in Odisha's Balasore district late Tuesday night in an attack police suspect may have stemmed from enmity.

Police said Bijay Behera and his wife, Aarti Behera, were sleeping when the attackers poured petrol on them before setting them afire. The attack triggered panic in the neighbourhood as the couple screamed for help from inside the burning house. Neighbours rushed to the spot, broke down the door to rescue the couple, and rushed them to a local health centre and later to the district hospital in Balasore. The couple was referred to the All Ind...