India, Sept. 28 -- Two brothers, including a 10-year-old TV actor, died of asphyxiation after a fire broke out in their fourth-floor flat at Deepshri Multi-Storey Apartment in Kota's Anantpura area late Saturday night around 2am when they were asleep, the police said.

According to the police, the victims were identified as the 10-year-old television actor, who was to feature as a young Saif Ali Khan in an upcoming movie, and his 15-year-old brother, who was preparing for IIT. Their mother, actress Rita Sharma, was in Mumbai at the time of the incident, while their father Jitendra Sharma, who is a teacher at a coaching institute, was attending a religious function.

Superintendent of police Tejaswini Gautam, who reached the spot with fore...