The man,a construction worker,used to come home inebirated daily and pick up a fight with his 28-year-old wife, police said
On Nov 5, he doused himself with kersone, threatened to set himself ablaze and then went off to sleep.
However, after some time he was found in flames and neighbours got him admitted him to the Government Hospital, where he succumbed last evening, they said.
While being taken there, he reportedly told them that his wife had set him on fire, based on which she was arrested, police said.
She has been remanded to custody and lodged in the Central jail here.
The couple have three children.
