Couple charred to death in house fire

A young couple was charred to death when a fire broke out at their residence in at a village here in the wee hours today, police said.
The incident took place at Malikheri village, 20 km from here, and the deceased were identified as Ritesh Solanki (23) and Seema (21), Khurdel police station in-charge Rajiv Tripathi said.
Ritesh's parents were sleeping outside at the time of incident, he said.
Several household things and a motorcycle were gutted in the fire, police said.
Ritesh, who worked in a private company, had got married a year ago.
The exact reason behind the fire was yet to be known, police said.