35 shanties gutted by fire; claims torched

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23 shanties on Tuesday were gutted by fire at Dahlia Patti Village 27 KM away from Police station Laharpur in District Sitapur. 2 children were killed and one woman was injured.

According to police, Kahar community dwells in shanties at patti Dahlia Village in Sitapur.

Kamlesh Verma, another resident of same village, was burning the leaves of sugarcane in his fields; the wind gale flew a burning twig of leaf that caught fire into the shanties. Two children were killed and one woman, Kishori, was Injured in this incident. 

A case of murder without intention has been registered. Worth Rs 6 Lakhs valuables was gutted by fire.

 Rehai Manch claimed, '' 35 Dalit shanties were torched and the motive behind this incident was the consequence of Panchayat election''.  Manch also condemned this barbaric act and said that Kamlesh Verma, an accomplice of Pradhan in last panchayat election, was in resentment after obtaining no votes of these people; torched the dwellers' Shanties.