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Delhi: 19 Year-Old Boy Dead In Gandhi Nagar’s Fire

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A 19-year-old boy was charred to death in the Gandhi Nagar market fire incident here, said officials on Thursday.

New Delhi:  A 19-year-old boy was charred to death in the Gandhi Nagar market fire incident here, said officials on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Shehnawaj and was an employee at the shop that caught fire on Wednesday. One of the other workers Aftab who had been working at the cloth shop for 12 years said that he along with 4 to 5 other workers saw smoke from the shop as they returned from the main road.

They had reached the shop from Janata Gali, another entry of the shop at around 5.37 PM.

As Aftab immediately called the owner he later realised that his own brother Shehnawaj was trapped inside.

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As per reports, the group also heard Shehnawaj knocking on the door. The workers attempted to break the locks as they asked Shehnawaj to go upstairs but couldn’t trace him. The body was found only today in the morning hours on the second floor by the fire service team.

The fire that broke out in a shop in Gandhi Nagar’s cloth market is now under control, said the fire department on Wednesday night.

“The fire was declared of a medium category. A total of 28 fire tenders are engaged. Fire is now under control and confined to the top floors,” said Deputy Chief Fire Officer SK Dua.

Delhi Fire Service received information on a fire that broke out in Gandhi Nagar market at 5:36 pm on Wednesday.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed).

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Assam: Police Foil Cattle Smuggling Bid & Two Arrested

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Guwahati Police on Wednesday intercepted a truck carrying cattle in the Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya border and arrested two people in a case of cattle smuggling.

Guwahati:  Guwahati Police on Wednesday intercepted a truck carrying cattle in the Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya border and arrested two people in a case of cattle smuggling.

The arrested persons have been identified as Laden Ali and Mohidul Ali, residents of the Mikirbhata area in Morigaon district. A team of East Guwahati Police District from Jorabat Out Post of Basistha police station intercepted the truck in the Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya border and recovered 14 cattle. The truck was trying to smuggle the cattle from Morigaon district into Byrnihat in Meghalaya.

Earlier on Saturday, Assam Police foiled a smuggling attempt and rescued 34 cattle heads from a bus in the Nagaon district.

Police had input that cattle were being smuggled near the Kaliabor area and set up a Naka checking accordingly. Police intercepted a vehicle in the Missa area near Kaliabor and found 34 cattle heads.

However, the driver and others escaped from the spot after seeing the police team.

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“Based on secret information, we had set up a Naka checking in front of Missa police outpost and intercepted a vehicle. After seeing our team, the driver of the bus and other persons fled from the area.

During checking, we found 34 cattle heads inside the bus. The bus was coming from Jakhalabandha side towards Meghalaya,” a police official said.

On Friday, Assam Police arrested four cattle smugglers and rescued nine cattle heads in the Borghat area of the Nagaon district.

Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted two vehicles coming from the Samuguri area and found the cattle in them. Those arrested were identified as Roshidul Haque alias Ratul (22), Shahjahan Ali (32), Ashadul Islam (21) and Amit Nayak (23), a police official said.

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