India, Oct. 23 -- Three men, including a son-in-law, were arrested for allegedly setting his parents-in-law on fire last week after they refused to give him Rs.10 lakh in cash in Bade Salhi village of Chhattisgarh's Koriya district, police said on Thursday.

According to the police, the main accused, Suresh Thakur alias Kanpuriya, along with his associates Pradeep Bairagi from Madhya Pradesh and Sahdev Suryavanshi from Chhattisgarh's Thaggon village, went to the couple's house in Bade Salhi on October 14 night.

They allegedly poured petrol on Suresh's father-in-law Rairam Kevat while he was asleep, and set him ablaze. His wife Parvati Bai died trying to save him, police officers said.

Suresh was allegedly demanding Rs.10 lakh from his i...