Owner of car deliberately set car on fire to claim insurance

At the weekend, we brought you a report about a car that was set ablaze in Boğazköy, further investigation carried out on the matter revealed that the owner of the car allegedly set the car on fire to claim insurance.

The incident happened at about 3:30am on Saturday, September, 25 on the Oray-11 site in Boğazköy.

The car, belonging to one Hasan Hüseyin Tatlı, 55 was parked at his residence when it was set on fire by an unknown person. The car was badly damaged by the fire.

Following the incident, the car owner and another suspect were arrested for questioning.

Investigation carried out by the police revealed that the vehicle was set ablaze by the owner and the second suspect with the intention of obtaining money from the insurance.