Azamgarh fire toll rises to 7, FIR lodged

Varanasi | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019

Summary:

Varanasi: Toll in Sunday’s fire incident in Mukeriganj area of Azamgarh district rose to seven by Monday evening. Four persons were killed while 12 were injured.The deceased were identified as Khiladi Gupta, Upendra Yadav, Ramlakhan and Ram Milan. Later, Rampat Chauhan, Rakhi Gupta and Baby Gupta died during treatment. The DM said that two injured died in Azamgarh and one in Varanasi.ADM (finance and revenue) had been assigned to conduct a magisterial probe into the matter, said the DM. The gang had looted cash and valuables from a house in Molnapur village under Chaubeypur police station on March 10 night..