Fire at four-storey building in south Delhi leaves four dead, one injured
New Delhi (PTI): Four people, including a brother-sister duo, died and a woman was injured after a massive fire broke out at a footwear shop in south Delhi's Tigri Extension on Saturday evening, police said.
A PCR call about the blaze at the shop on the ground floor of a four-storey building was received at 6.24 pm following which police rushed to the spot, they said.
Upon arrival, police found the entire building engulfed in flames, a senior police said.
It is suspected that the blaze started from the footwear shop on the ground floor before spreading upward, the officer said.
Three people were found dead at the spot, while two injured women were rescued from the building and shifted to a hospital, the officer said, adding that one of the injured later succumbed to injuries.
The deceased have been identified as Satender alias Jimmy (38), who is the owner of the building, and his sister Anita (40). The injured has been identified as Mamta (40) who has sustained 25 per cent burn injuries.
The rest are yet to be identified, the police said.
Crime and forensic teams have been called to inspect the site, and evidence is being collected to ascertain the cause of the fire, they said, adding that further probe is underway.
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Electorate in 9 states, UTs shrink by 1.70 crore after SIR
New Delhi (PTI): Voter base in nine states and Union territories has shrunk by more than 1.70 crore following the publication of final electoral rolls as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to official data.
The data shared by the chief electoral officers of Gujarat, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa and Kerala on Saturday showed that their combined voter base stood at over 21.45 crore before the SIR exercise began on October 27 last year.
It shrunk to 19.75 crore after publication of their final electoral rolls this week, a net change of over 1.70 crore electors.
While the exercise, which kept the Election Commission in the spotlight, has been completed in Bihar, it is currently underway in 12 states and Union territories covering nearly 60 crore electors.
The remaining 40 crore electors will be covered in 17 states and five Union territories.
In Assam, a "special revision", instead of SIR, was completed on February 10.
Due to a variety of reasons, the SIR in the nine states and three Union territories have seen frequent tweaking in schedules.
As in Bihar, political parties have approached the Supreme Court challenging the exercise in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
