Rajasthan: Man asleep inside room after lighting candle charred to death in fire

A man was charred to death when the room in which he was sleeping, after lighting a candle, sparked a fire and reduced him to ashes. The incident took place in Karanpur town, in the Sriganganagar district, on Saturday evening.

After getting the information, a police team rushed to the scene and took out the body. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Omprakash Meghwal.

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Police suspect that Meghwal could have been under the influence of alcohol, due to which he could not sense the initial heat of the fire.

The deceased and his grandmother were the only ones at home at the time of the incident. Omprakash’s grandmother was sleeping in another room and did realize that her grandson’s room was on fire.

A police investigation is underway.

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