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Shelter home fire: NHRC notice to cops, Chief Secretary
April 16, 2014 1:38 am
Two people were killed in the blaze — Poonam, a 27-year-old woman, and Ramesh Chand, a 60-year-old man.
‘There was no time... we dragged inmates by their hair, legs to safety’
April 05, 2014 1:09 am
Sixty-nine-year-old Ajay Kumar Agarwal, who claims to be a cousin of British parliamentarian Lord Swraj Paul, is an inmate at the shelter.
Fire at Vasant Kunj old age home kills two inmates
April 05, 2014 1:05 am
The charred bodies were found by police after the blaze was put out.
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