India, June 15 -- Delhi Police have apprehended a 17-year-old minor girl and arrested three adults for their alleged role in a deliberate arson attack that killed three members of a family and injured eight others in Tughlakabad Extension, Govindpuri, Southeast Delhi.

The fire broke out at around 2:24 am on Friday, June 12, in building No. RZ-171/1 under the Govindpuri police station limits. What was initially suspected to be an accidental blaze caused by a short circuit was later confirmed as planned arson stemming from a personal and monetary dispute.

The deceased have been identified as 28-year-old Pankaj (also known as Kuku), the family's sole breadwinner who had lost his father to cancer two years ago; his 20-year-old sister Soni (...