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New Delhi, Nov (25) The body of a 40-year-old man was found in a garments factory after a fire broke out in Gandhi Nagar area of Shahadra here on early Thursday morning, police said.
The deceased was identified as Sanju who hailed from a village in Uttar Pradesh"s Bulandshahar district, they said.
There was no visible burn injury on the victim""s body, so he could have died due to suffocation, police said, adding a post-mortem examination will ascertain the exact cause of death.
According to the Fire Department, they received a call around 3 am regarding a blaze in a factory and six fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Police said the fire tenders could not reach at the exact location as the factory was in a narrow street.
They said their all-night patrolling staff rushed there and extinguished the fire, which broke out on the first floor of the factory, with the help of locals.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahadra) R Sathiyasundaram said "A man, later identified as Sanju, was found lying unconscious on the factory"s first floor.