Child artist Veer Sharma, brother die in fire accident in Rajasthan
The tragic incident occurred due to a suspected short circuit, leading to suffocation of the children while they were alone at home.
The tragic incident occurred due to a suspected short circuit, leading to suffocation of the children while they were alone at home.
The tragic incident occurred due to a suspected short circuit, leading to suffocation of the children while they were alone at home.
An eight-year-old child artist Veer Sharma and his 16-year-old brother died in a fire accident at their home in Rajasthan’s Kota. As per PTI, Veer, who played Pushkal in Sony SAB's Shrimad Ramayan' and Shoriya Sharma, an engineering aspirant, died of suffocation. The duo were alone at home when the fire erupted.
Their father Jitendra Sharma, who teaches at a coaching centre, was attending a bhajan event and mother actor Rita Sharma was in Mumbai at the time of the incident that happened at around 2 am on Sunday, they said. According to PTI, Kota (city) SP Tejeshwani Goutam, who visited the spot on Sunday morning, said a short-circuit is suspected to have caused the blaze.
The fire broke out in the drawing room of the flat and the children, who were sleeping, most likely died of suffocation caused by smoke, as fire did not spread to other rooms, the SP said. Circle Inspector Bhupendra Singh said the incident took place at a flat on the fourth floor of Deepshree building under Anantpura police station area at around 2 am.
When the neighbours noticed plumes of smoke coming out of the flat, they broke open the door and found the children in an unconscious state, he said. The neighbours immediately informed the father and rushed the boys to the hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, the officer added.
A neighbour said they extinguished the blaze using fire-extinguishers placed in the building and no fire tender was called to control the fire. According to the police, the drawing room was charred and the furniture reduced to ashes. The bodies were handed over to family members after the arrival of their mother from Mumbai, they said.
The CI said as per the family's wishes, the children's eyes were donated to the eye bank. An FIR has been registered under section 194 of the BNSS Act, and further investigations are underway to ascertain the exact cause of the fire and the deaths, he added.