An 11-year-old girl was killed, and two others were injured when an electric motorcycle, charging outside a house, caught fire in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, early Sunday morning, police reported.
The incident occurred around 2:30 am in a colony within the Industrial Area police station limits. According to VD Joshi, in-charge of the Industrial Area police station, the electric motorcycle was parked outside the residence of Bhagwat Maurya for charging when it suddenly caught fire. The flames quickly spread to another vehicle parked nearby.
Maurya’s family had gone to sleep after plugging the vehicle into the charger. They were awakened by smoke filling their home. They managed to escape but tragically, Maurya’s granddaughter, Antra Choudhary, was left behind and succumbed to suffocation.
Maurya’s wife, Bhagwati Maurya, and another child, Lavanya (12), were injured in the fire and are receiving medical treatment.
Antra, who had come to stay with her grandparents, was scheduled to return to her home in Vadodara, Gujarat, on Sunday morning.
A case has been filed, and an investigation is ongoing.