3 children burnt alive in Jind

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, April 23

Three children, including a four-month old, were burnt to death and three others sustained serious burn injuries after a hut caught fire in Jind city in early hours today.

The police said the cause of fire was yet to be ascertained.

The incident took place near the BSNL telephone exchange on the Hansi road in Jind city. Sanu Khan, a native of Muzzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, had taken an orchard on lease in Jind city and was living there with his family and brother-in-law Nisar Khan.

Sanu told the police that they noticed the fire and tried to evacuate their family members. Though Sanu was able to rescue his two-year-old daughter Zoya and niece Fakku, his three children were burnt alive.

Nar Singh, SHO, City police station, said Sanu’s wife Shakira reportedly suffered 70 per cent burns. The injured have been admitted to the PGIMER, Rohtak, he added. Nisar and Sanu were present on the spot.

Sanu’s children Afsha (6), Zishan (4) and four-month-old Jiya died in the fire. Prima facie it looks the fire could have been caused due to a short circuit in a pedestal fan in the hut, he said. There was also a possibility of the fire spreading from the mud stove spark at the hut.