Manager charred to death as car catches fire

Ghaziabad: A 45-year-old event manager from Delhi was burnt to death after his car caught fire on the Loni Bhopura Road in Sahibabad here, police said on Friday.

Naveen Kumar Das, a resident of Indira Puri in Delhi, had allegedly paid the token amount for buying a plot of land in Delhi's Chhattarpur after which the incident took place on Thursday, they said, as the deceased's brother alleged a "foul play". Some witnesses informed the police about the incident on 'Dial 100'. 

According to the eyewitnesses, the car caught fire and the person driving it could not come out. 

The deceased was identified by his belongings, police said. S P (City) Shlok Kumar said a fire tender reached the spot but by that time the car and its owner had been charred by then. 

The body was sent for post-mortem and DNA test will also be conducted, he said. 

Police informed his family members after which Manoj Kumar Das, the deceased's brother, reached Sahibabad.