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Madhya Pradesh: Child dies as hut catches fire in Damoh

​​​​The incident occurred in Barkwain village in the afternoon wh... Read More
DAMOH: A two-and-half-year-old girl was burnt alive after a thatched hut in an agricultural field in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district caught fire on Sunday, a police official said.


The incident occurred in Barkwain village in the afternoon when the girl was sleeping in the hut, Batiyagarh police station in charge Manish Mishra said.

"She is the daughter of Halle Bhai Lodhi, a resident of Gogwara village, who lived with his family in the hut. The family tried to douse the fire but the child could not be saved," he said.

A case has been registered and the cause of the fire was being probed, he added.
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