POLICE are investigating after a car was deliberately set on fire outside the home of Labour MSP Anas Sarwar. 

Firefighters tackled the flames but the car was burned out and suffered substantial damage.

Police sources told the Daily Record they are probing the incident which took place on Saturday night in Glasgow's southside. 

The source said: “The car had been reported as stolen."

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland confirmed they were treating the incident as “wilful” and inquiries are continuing. 

She said: “We received a report of a car alight on Saturday 28 November outside an address in Glasgow. 

“It is being treated as wilful and inquiries are continuing.”

It’s not known if Sarwar and his family were at home at the time.