Girl burnt alive, grand parents received serious burn injuries
Sheikhpura: A ten year old girl was charred to death and her
grand parents and brother were seriously injured when a thatched
hutment caught fire in Bihar's Sheikhpura district in the wee
hours on Sunday, police said.  Deputy Superintendent of Police
Santosh Kumar Gupta said that the fire broke out when the
kerosene filled earthern pot overturned in which the girl, Bindi
Kumari, was burnt before she could be taken out of her thatched
house located at Darauli Bigha village.  Bindi's grandparents
Lallo Paswan, Lalia Devi and her brother Sikander were rescued
by the villagers but sustained burn injuries, the DYSP said.
The body has been sent to Munger for postmortem while the
injured were being treated at the local sadar hospital.