- Monday, 6 April 2026
Elderly person killed in Saptari fire
Saptari, Dec 28 : An elderly person was burnt to death at Silhat of Bode Barsain Municipality-4 in Saptari district on Tuesday night.
The deceased has
been identified as local resident Mukti Raut (Pal), 80. He was sleeping in a
cowshed when a fire spreading through his house burnt down the cowshed, said
Inspector Balistar Singh. The deceased's grandson, Dharma Dev, was injured in
the blaze when he tried to rescue Raut, he said.
Similarly, a
buffalo bull and a buffalo were also killed in the fire, according to the police.
The body of Raut was sent to a hospital in Rajbiraj for a postmortem. (RSS)
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