Mumbai: 2 Children Among 5 Dead After Fire Breaks Out In Chembur Shop

Mumbai: Five people, including two children, died after a fire broke out at a shop in Chembur, Mumbai. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the incident occurred on Sunday at around 5 a.m., news agency ANI reported. In another fire incident, a massive fire broke out at V Logistic warehouse in Bhiwandi, near the Mumbai-Nashik Highway on Saturday early morning. It is being said certain chemicals, clothes and hydraulic liquids were kept inside the factory, that turned into ashes in the fire. The cause of the blaze is yet to be known. However, the fire was extinguished to a great extent. After the fire was reported, around six fire tenders from neighboring districts, including Thane were rushed to the spot. As of now, no casualties has been reported. Also Read: Mumbai Man Files Missing Daughter Complaint, Probe Reveals He Was Sexually Assaulting Her For Years In another news, a 46-year-old lodged a complaint of kidnapping after his daughter went missing, but tables turned out when police said that he had been allegedly sexually assaulting her for the last five years and she left home in Mumbai to escape the suffering, police said on Thursday. Police arrested the accused on Thursday and booked him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, according to an official. Reportedly, the 17-year-old girl was fed up with her father’s brutality and left home in Central Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi area on Wednesday. After failing to locate his daughter, the man approached the Tardeo police station and filed a complaint alleging that she had been kidnapped. Following his report, a case of kidnapping was registered against an unidentified individual, and a search for the teenager was initiated, according to police officials. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Mumbai and around the world. Read more