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Five members of a family,including three children,suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out in their house in Wazirpur colony in Bharat Nagar area of North-west Delhi on Sunday morning.

Family of five injured in fire

Five members of a family,including three children,suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out in their house in Wazirpur colony in Bharat Nagar area of North-west Delhi on Sunday morning. “Raju (35),his wife Manju (30) and three children Himanshi (10),Gungun (5) and Deepanshu alias Kalu (3) were asleep when a fire broke out due to gas leakage. Soon the blaze engulfed the room and they began shouting for help. Neighbour called the fire brigade around 8.35 am,” said a fire brigade official. Two fire engines were immediately rushed and it took half an hour to extinguish the fire. Police officer said that all the persons were rushed to a nearby hospital and later they were shifted to Lok Nayak hospital. They are undergoing treatment.

Allot seat to doctor wrongly denied earlier
The Delhi High Court has said a reserved category meritorious candidate cannot be denied the benefit of counselling under both unreserved and reserved groups concurrently and directed AIIMS to allocate MD seat to a doctor under unreserved category. The court passed the order recently on a petition filed by an OBC candidate,Manish Patnecha,who was denied an opportunity to sit for second counselling against OBC quota this year after he had opted for a seat against the general category. During the second counselling,he sought to appear against OBC quota so that he could get admission in a subject of his choice but the AIIMS debarred him,saying that it would block two seats.

Burglars arrested
The city police have arrested a gang of four burglars operating in South Delhi. The arrested men are Mohseen Khan (19),Ajai Kumar (18),Ravi Kumar (18) and Deepak Parekha (18). With the arrests,Delhi Police claim to have solved 15 cases of burglary in Saket,Safdarjung Enclave,R K Puram and Vasant Vihar. Police claim the accused used to break into houses during the day to rob valuables and electronic goods.

PTI

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