A 50-year-old Gran Couva man is in critical condition at the hospital after he was beaten and set on fire by his cousin.
Uncutt News Media understands that the incident happened around 11:30 pm on Monday 13th November 2023 at Bossiere Trace Gran Couva.
The victim, Anil Kowlesser, and the suspect, his cousin Papoi lived at the same address.
Kowlesser was seated on a couch at their home when both relatives got into a verbal altercation.
Papoi is alleged to have beaten Kowlesser about the body, walked towards his vehicle where he retrieved a container of gas.
He walked up to Kowlesser, poured the liquid on him and set him on fire using a lighter before fleeing the scene on foot. Officers of the Couva Fire Station responded to the incident and sub took the victim to the Couv District Health Facility where he was treated.
He was subsequently transferred to the San Fernando General Hospital where he's listed in critical condition after he sustained 1st degree burns about the body.
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