India, April 9 -- NEW DELHI

A 42-year-old man was charred to death in a fire that engulfed his car on Bijwasan Flyover near Dwarka Expressway, on his way home from RK Puram in Delhi to Gurugram on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

Police said the control room was informed about the fire at around 10.30pm, and the caller alleged that a car was on fire with a family trapped inside. However, upon reaching the spot and putting out the fire, they found one half-burnt body on the driver's seat of the Toyota Glaza.

The deceased was identified as Sandeep Singh, a resident of Nihal Colony in Palam Vihar of Gurugram. He ran a taxi business in RK Puram, deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Surendra Chaudhary said.

Singh's relative Sumit...