Kasargodu: An official of Central Intelligence Bureau was found dead under suspecious circumstances in a car on Friday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Rijo Francis, a resident of Alappuzha.

His dead body was found in a car parked in the Bekala Town. The locals who noticed this informed to the police. The police shifted the body to the Pariyaram Medical College Hospital for conducting post-mortem.

It has been suspected that Rijo Francis might have died due to heart attack.

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Kolkata (PTI): A fire broke out at a garment unit in New Town area in the north-eastern part of Kolkata on Saturday morning, officials said.

The flames were spotted around 8 am on the fourth floor of the five-storied building, which houses other commercial units as well, they said.

There were no reports of any injury or fatality, the officials said.

Four fire tenders were pressed into service to fight the blaze.

"We are trying to douse the flames from adjacent buildings. There is no threat of the blaze spreading to adjacent houses," a fire brigade official said.

Local TMC MLA Tapas Chatterjee visited the spot to take stock of the situation.