Saturday, July 19, 2014

Now, arsonists try to set fire to a private residence in Gangtok

TENANT INJURED IN ATTEMPT TO SET ABLAZE ADDL SECY CP DHAKAL’S HOUSE -
VISHNU NEOPANEY
GANGTOK, 18 July: As yet unidentified miscreants tried to set fire to the house of Additional Secretary, Health Department, CP Dhakal, in the wee hours of Friday morning. Although they failed in causing any major damage to the house, one of the tenants sustained burn injuries while trying to douse the fire.
The incident occurred at around 1:20 a.m. this morning at Baha’i School road here in Tadong. The arsonists clearly used kerosene and petrol to fuel the fire as their smell hung heavy on the spot even later in the day.
The arson was attempted on the third floor [on the road level] of the building. The miscreants, it appears doused the walls and corridor of the road-facing section of the house and then set it alight. Some of the incendiary material also spilled into the flat, and caught fire.
Bimal Sharma lives in this flat as a tenant along with his family and woke up breathless as smoke engulfed his flat. Thinking quick, he rushed his children and wife into the bathroom, away from the smoke and fire and returned to fight the flames.
Soon, neighbours were also alerted to the fire and rushed to help and the fire was put out before the fire brigade reached. The road is extremely congested with parked vehicles, especially at night.
After the fire was put out, Bhawani Sharma was rushed to the Central Referral Hospital and is currently receiving treatment there for the 25 per cent burns suffered in the incident. His two children, although traumatised, were not injured, although his wife suffered minor burns on her hand and was discharged after first aid.
Mr. Dhakal lodged an FIR on the incident in the morning. Police said that investigations are underway into the case.

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