WOMAN DIES TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS IN GURUGRAM FIRE

GURUGRAM:A 33-year-old woman, who died of asphyxiation after a fire broke out at a condominium in Gurugram late on Sunday night, alerted neighbours by knocking at their doors and helped many escape in time, police said.

The fire, suspected to be caused by a short circuit, broke out in an electrical shaft on the ground floor of a tower at Tulip Orange condominium in Sector 69 around 2am and spread all the way up to the ninth floor, with heavy smoke engulfing corridors, fire department officials said. Rescuers found Swati Garg lying unconscious near the terrace door almost an hour after the blaze started. She died before reaching the hospital, police said. Gurugram police commissioner KK Rao said a case under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC was registered.

PATIALA: A 26-year-old junior engineer with the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Vinay Kumar Sundran, and his 27-year-old woman friend, Vinpreet Kaur, committed suicide, together, on Monday morning. Eyewitnesses told the police that the duo jumped in front of the Ambala-ganganagar Intercity Express about 7am near the Railway Crossing number 23. Vinpreet worked as an assistant professor in Government Women’s College.

Government Railway Police (GRP) station house officer Ravinder Krishan said, “They had arrived at the spot in Vinay’s car, witnesses have claimed.”

Investigation officer Jasbir Singh said, “Families have told the police that they had planned the duo’s engagement. The duo had told them that they were going to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib.”

He added, The bodies have been handed over to them after post-mortem.” Police have started inquest proceedings under section 174 (inquire and report on suicide, etc) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Families have told the police that they had planned the duo’s engagement. The reason for the suicide is unclear. JASBIR SINGH, investigation officer