Uttar Pradesh: House catches fire in Mirzapur, woman, 2 children burnt alive

Varanasi | Sunday | 15th October, 2017

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VARANASI: A women and her two children were burnt alive when their house caught fire on Sunday. Sahay left home for work while Sheela with her son Azad and three-month-old daughter stayed at the house.On seeing the flames, Sheela raised an alarm. Before the villagers could extinguish the fire Sheela and both her children were charred to death.On reciving information police reached the incident site and sent the bodies for post-mortem. The incident occured in Kolhad village under Dehat Kotwali police station in Mirzapur district.According to reports, a short circuit in electric cables triggered the fire.Ram Sahay, a labourer, was staying at the house with his wife Sheela (32) and their three children.Sahay's elder daughter had gone to meet her maternal grandparents..