Fire breaks out in Ludhiana hosiery factory

A fire broke out at a hosiery factory on Bahadur Ke Road here, but the 12 workers who were inside the facility managed to escape, the police said today.

However, a boy, Surinder Kumar, who was sitting outside the premises of the factory, has told the police that his father Ram Ashish, who was on night duty, was missing.

Police Commissioner S S Gill said, "We are considering the boy's complaint very seriously."