Elderly couple burnt to death in fire from gas cylinder leak in city

An elderly couple was burnt to death as a fire broke out due to gas cylinder leakage at Syednagar in Bhatara area of the city on early Thursday.

Abdul Majid Shikdar, 70 and his wife Taslima Begum, 50, were identified as deceased.

Md Rajon, sub-inspector of Bhatara Police Station, after watching the fire in the house, local people informed fire service.

Cops and a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and recovered the charred bodies of the couple, he added.

A general diary was filed with Bhatara Police in this regard.

Police suspected that the fire might have occurred from gas cylinder leakage in the kitchen.