PATNA, Aug. 9 -- A 12-year-old boy was charred to death and his father suffered burn injuries in a Bihar village in Katihar district, after a person allegedly set them on fire while they were asleep, police said. Katihar SP Sikhar Choudhary said that the incident occurred on the Thursday night when Ram Kalyan Mandal (45) and his minor son Sunil Mandal were sleeping on the verandah of their house when unidentified assailants allegedly sprinkled kerosene on them and set them ablaze. According to eye witnesses, the victims' scream alerted the local villagers who rushed them to the primary health centre in Durgaganj, from where they were referred to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur. While the boy succumbed to injuries,...