Hyderabad, Oct 5 (PTI) A 22-year-old man was set ablaze allegedly by a group of villagers in Medak district of Telangana after being accused of trying to steal a two-wheeler along with another person, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred in Vadiyaram village on the intervening night of October 3-4 and the condition of the man, who is undergoing treatment in a state-run hospital in Hyderabad, is stated to be critical, they said.

The duo had come to the village on their two-wheeler and parked it. When they unknowingly tried to take another two-wheeler, a group of people in the village caught them and beat them up alleging that they were attempting to steal the vehicle.

Later, some of them tied the 22-year-old man to an electric pole with a rope and poured petrol from a bottle foun

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