Patiala, Sept. 27 -- Four members of a migrant family, including a child, were burnt alive after fire engulfed their single-room accommodation in Vikram Colony of Rajpura in Patiala district in the early hours of Friday. Police officials said possibilities of a short circuit or a cooking stove mishap could not be ruled out. The exact reason behind the mishap is yet to be ascertained, officials said. Neighbours rushed to the spot after noticing the fire and made frantic efforts to rescue the victims. They later informed the fire brigade, which managed to douse the flames, but it was too late by then. The deceased have been identified as Jagdish, 65, his wife Radha, 35, son Sarvan (12) and brother-in-law (of Jagdish) Lallan, 18. All of them hailed from Supaul district of Bihar and had been residing in Rajpura for work. The charred bodies were taken to the Rajpura civil hospital for a post-mortem examination. "Further investigation is underway," a police official said. The bodies were handed over to kin after postmortem examination, SHO Kirpal Singh said....