Man burnt alive as shop catches fire

Karnal: A 26-year-old man was burnt to death when a fire broke out in a transformer repair shop at Jundla village of Karnal district early on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Deepak Sandhu alias Rohit, a resident of Gagsina village in Karnal.

A police team and forensic experts reached the spot and collected evidence.

The reason behind the fire could not be ascertained but family members accused unidentified miscreants. They said Deepak used to sleep in the shop with one-third of the shutter down but on Saturday, the shutter was completely closed and tied up from outside. tnn