A dispute between a man and his wife prompted the former to burn their house to ashes at Sikaicha of Sirijangha Rural Municipality-3 in Taplejung district on Wednesday night, locals said. Dil Bahadur Sawaden torched the house at around 9 pm following a dispute with his wife, said local Keshar Baraili. Property worth around Rs 200,000 was destroyed in the fire according to the estimate by the locals, added Baraili. Efforts of locals to douse the fire had gone in vain. They were able to extinguish the fire only after two hours; by then the house had completely burnt. The police said they were informed of the incident only this morning and a team has been dispatched to investigate into the incident. Meanwhile, the fire victims are taking shelter in a neighbour’s house. ताप्लेजुङको सिरिजंघा गाउँपालिका-३ सिकैचामा गएराति भएको आगलागीका कारण एक घर जलेर नष्ट भएको छ। राति करिब ९ बजे भएको आगलागीका कारण दिलबहादुर सावादेन ९लिम्बू० को घर जलेर पूर्णरुपमा नष्ट भएको हो। स्थानीय केशर बराइलीका अनुसार घरसहित घरभित्र रहेका लत्ताकपडा, अन्नपातलगायतका सामान जलेर नष्ट हुँदा करिब रु दुई लाखभन्दा बढीको क्षति भएको गाउँलेको अनुमान छ। राति घरायसी विषयमा श्रीमान् र श्रीमतीबीच सामान्य विवादपछि श्रीमान् दिलबहादुरले घरमा आगो सल्काएको बराइलीले बताएका छन्। आगलागी हुनासाथ स्थानीयले नियन्त्रणको प्रयास गरेपनि समयमा नियन्त्रण नहुँदा घर पूर्णरुपमा जलेको बताइएको छ। आगलागी भएको दुई घण्टापछि मात्रै आगो नियन्त्रणमा आएको थियो। आगलागी पीडित परिवार भने छिमेकीको शरण लिएर बसेको बताइएको छ। यता प्रहरीले भने घटनाका विषयमा बिहानमात्र जानकारी भएकाले त्यसतर्फ अहिले प्रहरी पठाइएको र घटनाका सम्बन्धमा थप बुझ्ने जनाएको छ। रासस