Fire in Delhi Residential Building Results in Three Deaths; One Teenager Apprehended
A fire engulfed a residential building in Govindpuri, southeast Delhi, from the ground floor to the fifth floor, resulting in three deaths and eight injuries. Police registered a case under Sections 287 and 106(1) of the BNS. CCTV footage showed a woman entering the premises shortly before the fire. According to the Hindu, a 17-year-old girl was apprehended and allegedly disclosed that a 27-year-0
A fire engulfed a residential building in Govindpuri, southeast Delhi, from the ground floor to the fifth floor, resulting in three deaths and eight injuries. The deceased were identified as Pankaj Pandey, his sister Sonia, and their maternal grandmother Sushila Devi. The injured were taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre and Safdarjung Hospital. Police registered a case under Sections 287 and 106(1) of the BNS. CCTV footage showed a woman entering the premises shortly before the fire broke out. According to the Hindu, a 17-year-old girl was apprehended in connection with the incident and allegedly disclosed that a 27-year-old woman named Sarita instigated her to set fire to a scooter parked in the building. Hindustan Times reported that police concluded the fire was an intentional fire. No other details about the woman or her whereabouts have been confirmed by corroborated sources. Four teens arrested in Minneapolis and four teens arrested in Baltimore are unrelated incidents and are not connected to the Delhi fire.
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