A man set the Keezhattur grama panchayat office afire on Wednesday afternoon in protest against the attitude of the panchayat staff.
The police arrested Mujeeb Rahman Chulliyil, a local man seeking a house under the LIFE Mission scheme, after he set fire to the local body office.
The police said Mujeeb had been angered by the denial of inclusion in the LIFE scheme. He reached the panchayat office with a can of petrol around 2 p.m. and started pouring it on tables and chairs.
