Chandigarh, April 22 -- A 20-year-old youth was arrested in connection with an arson attack in a house in Phase 1, Ram Darbar, on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Vivek, a resident of BDC, Sector 26.

According to the police, complainant Saroj Devi, 50, a resident of Ramdarbar, stated that she heard noises outside her house around 1.25 am on April 20. She and other members of her family saw one Sunny, along with six or seven youths, carrying glass bottles filled with some unknown substance. The group allegedly threatened to kill her son Saurabh before lighting the bottles and hurling them at the house and nearby vehicles.

One of the flaming bottles reportedly caused a minor fire at the mesh door, which was quickly extinguished,...