Keshtopur House Fire Kills Man; Police Investigate Cause
Authorities have ruled out electrical faults in their investigation of whether the blaze was accidental or intentional.
Overview
- A fire broke out around 3:30 am on June 24 at Sabyasachi Chakraborty’s ancestral home in Rabindrapally, Keshtopur.
- Firefighters deployed two tenders to control the blaze and recovered Chakraborty’s charred body after several hours.
- No electrical malfunction was identified during the initial examination of the scene.
- Police are probing to determine whether the fire was an accident or a deliberate act.
- Chakraborty, about 50 years old, had served as a personal assistant to BJP MP Subhas Sarkar and had been suffering from depression and insomnia.