New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS): A 65-year-old man was found burnt to death in his home, and his wife has alleged that the landlord's family set him afire.

Police have registered a case after wife Guddi said the incident was not a case of death in an accidental fire.

She said her husband, Kapil Dev, was a tenant for the past 40 years in a single room located on the first floor in south Delhi's Greater Kailash Part-1 area. She added that the landlord wanted him to vacate the premises.

A police officer said, "Dev's landlady called the fire service Thursday evening after she saw smoke emanating from his room. Three fire tenders rushed to the spot, battled the flames for half-an-hour and recovered the victim's 100 percent burnt body."

"Flames had engulfed the room before the fire tenders could reach. All articles in the room were destroyed," said the officer.

Dev ran a business in antique items.

After getting news of her husband's death, Guddi who has been residing with her married daughter in Gurgaon for the past several years, registered a murder complaint against the landlord's family, claiming they set her husband on fire.

"The landlord's family is being questioned. Police are probing all angles to ascertain if it was a case of accidental fire or murder," said the officer.