Car catches fire, one dead, cash worth 11 lakh burnt in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

An employee of Ahmedabad based jeans manufacturing company was charred to death and two others injured while cash worth Rs 11 lakhs reduced to ashes when a car, they were traveling in, suddenly caught fire on Pirana-Piplaj road near Pirana toll point under Danilimda police station area on the outskirts of the city, police said.

Police Inspector Danilimda, M K Rana said that the three employees of the Blue Blends India Limited company which has its manufacturing unit at Piplaj, were sitting in the ill-fated Maruti Esteem car which suddenly caught fire. Two of them somehow got out of the vehicle before the fire engulfed it but one, identified as Nattu Patel (50) was burnt to death.

A bag containing Rs 11 lakh in cash, meant to be for the salary of the staff of the company was also burnt in the accident.

The two injured, Shyamsundar and Kailash have been admitted to hospital with burn injures. The matter was being investigated.

– DeshGujarat