Three people charred to death in Chhattisgarh

Bhopal: Three people in a Chhattisgarh village were charred to death when a shop in which firecrackers were stored caught fire, police said on Monday.

The tragic incident took place in the village of Makdi in Kondagaon district in south Bastar region in Chhattisgarh late on Sunday night.

According to Kondagaon police, a local grocery shop owner Kashi Sen used to sell firecrackers for which he was granted licence, on the occasion of Diwali. He along with two of his friends, identified as Balram Netam and Shivlal Shrimali, slept inside the shop on Sunday night after it was closed.

Fire broke out suddenly trapping all of them in the shop. Later, their charred bodies were recovered by police. Preliminary probe suggested that the three locked themselves inside the shop leading to the mishap.