Nagpur, Nov 22 (PTI) A man having an extramarital affair was arrested after he burned down a mini truck and a vegetable shop owned by his girlfriend's father after she refused to move with him in Waghoda village in Nagpur district, police said on Tuesday.

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The accused and the woman have been in a relationship for the last seven months due to which his wife has left him, police said.

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After his girlfriend refused to move with him, the man set the shop and a mini truck owned by her father on fire.

A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, police added.

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