Angry over his 10-year-old son not focusing on studies, a man poured turpentine oil and set him ablaze, police said on Monday.

The boy suffered 60 per cent burns and is undergoing treatment in a government hospital, they said.

The boy's father, a labourer, is absconding, police said, adding, the incident took place at the Kukatpally Housing Board area in Hyderabad on Sunday night.