Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Khordha, Mar 28:

In a tragic incident, a woman was charred to death after a fire broke out due to a short circuit this afternoon at Rath Colony under Nirakarpur panchayat in Khordha district of Odisha.

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The deceased has been identified as Swagatika Rath, wife of Manas Ranjan Rath.

According to reports, Swagatika, who was staying with her son and mother-in-law, was taking rest in her bedroom after lunch when the tragedy struck.

In the meantime, power failure took place when her mother-in-law was busy in household work following which she called her daughter-in-law, but didn't get any reply.

However, a neighbour noticed smoke billowing out of the deceased’s room and raised an alarm.

The elderly woman rushed to the room and found her daughter-in-law dead with some home appliances gutted.