3 children of MP killed in Gujarat fire cremated

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Press Trust of India Alirajpur (MP)
Last Updated : Jan 06 2016 | 6:33 PM IST
Three children of family hailing from the district, who were killed after a fire broke out in their thatched hut in Jamnagar,Gujarat, were today cremated.
They were cremated at their native village Badaguda near here, Alirajpur District Collector Shekhar Verma told PTI.
The collector gave Rs 18,000 financial help to the bereaved family to perform the last rites.
District superintendent of police Kumar Saurabh said that Gujarat police is conducting a probe into the matter.
Yesterday, the children were charred to death after their grass hut caught fire.
Dilip Solanki, a native of Madhya Pradesh, and his wife had gone to work at a nearby farm after leaving their three children in the small hut where they lived, sub-inspector of Jamjodhpur police station L C Jesadiya said.
"Solanki and his wife work as farm labourers. The couple had two daughters -- Laxmi(4), Ghani(3) -- and 4-month-old son Shivam. The children were charred to death before anyone could rescue them," he said.
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First Published: Jan 06 2016 | 6:33 PM IST

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