Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 23: A retired Inspector General (IG) of Police died while his wife and son were injured when a fire broke out in their house in Indira Nagar locality in Lucknow, police said on Sunday.
Lucknow, UP | Retired IG Dinesh Chandra Pandey died after being trapped in a fire that broke out in his house in Indiranagar yesterday late at night. Pandey's wife and son, who were present in the house with him, sustained injuries & are admitted to hospital in critical condition
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The incident took place on Saturday at about 11 pm.
The fire broke out on the first floor of retired IG DC Pandey’s house, trapping him and his family, SHO, Ghazipur police station, Manoj Kumar Mishra said.
As per sources, upon seeing the fire in the house, retired IPS officer, Dinesh Chandra Pandey, along with his wife Aruna and son Shashank tried to leave the house. However, they got trapped.
A team of fire personnel reached the spot and pulled out DC Pandey (70), his wife Aruna and son Shashank in an unconscious state and rushed them to the hospital, where the retired police officer died.
The condition of others is stated to be out of danger. A detailed probe is on into the matter and police are trying to ascertain the cause of the fire.
