Meerut, Feb. 24 -- A devastating fire claimed the lives of six members of a garment trader's family, including five children, in Meerut on Monday evening.
The tragic incident occurred in Gali No. 1 near Surahi Wali Masjid in Kidwai Nagar under the Lisadi Gate police station limits. According to police, the fire broke out in a two-storey house while the trader, Iqbal alias Asim, had gone to offer prayers at a nearby mosque along with his brother Farukh.
At the time of the incident, seven family members - two women and five children - were inside the house. The victims have been identified as Iqbal's wife Rukhsar (30) and their twin six-month-old daughters, Nabia and Inayat. Farukh's children, Mahvish (12) and Hammad (4), and another child,...