Five-year-old burnt to death in slum fire in Punjab

A five-year-old child was burnt to death as a massive fire gutted around 40 shanties in a slum in Punjab's Kharar on Tuesday, officials said.The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained. Sub Divisional Magistrate Himanshu Jain said in a release that a child, named Adiya, was killed in the fire.

A five-year-old child was burnt to death as a massive fire gutted around 40 shanties in a slum in Punjab's Kharar on Tuesday, officials said. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.

Sub Divisional Magistrate Himanshu Jain said in a release that a child, named Adiya, was killed in the fire. A woman also sustained burns. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has announced Rs two lakh as ex-gratia for the family of the deceased and ordered the civil administration to assess the losses so as to provide relief to the affected.

Around 35-40 shanties in the slum in Teur village near Mohali were destroyed in the fire, they said.