Unidentified miscreants set afire to the house of Ajayakumar Nellikkat, BJP rebel councillor of Kanhangad municipality, partially damaging the building and a few pieces of furniture kept in the bedroom.
The fire in the uninhabited house, located at Kalyan Road near here, was noticed on Friday morning. The Hosdurg police have registered a case in connection with incident.
The incident comes amid reports that the councillor, elected from the Kalyan Road ward, was planning to return to his parent party with which he had snapped ties after he was denied party ticket to contest the municipal elections last year.
Sources said differences of opinion had cropped up over his re-induction into the party among a section of BJP activists at a recent informal meeting in the ward limits. The police are investigating whether the disgruntled group is responsible for the arson.
