Three vehicles including a jeep, autorickshaw and a motorcycle were set on fire by unknown persons at Uttam Nagar area in Kothrud after midnight last night.

The Kothrud police have file a case of arson  after a complaint was lodged by Santosh Wable, a resident of Maruti Dhavde Vasti in the area.

PSI Avinash Bhosale is probing the case.

In another incident at 3.15 am today, a chemical laden truck caught fire and was totally destroyed at Warje overbrige in the same locality.