According to officials, information about the incident was received early Monday at 6:30 a.m. stating that ten people had been trapped in a lift after it collapsed at a restaurant bar in the Old Rajendra Place area of Karol Bagh.
Amid the firestorm of protests around a deputy minister's derogatory reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid said the objectionable remarks against the former and fellow Indian natives on social media are 'reprehensible' and 'odious'.
District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Imran said that the deceased in the firing incident in the Sadda area of Kurram District included two security personnel, a driver and a woman.
Fire safety Officers of Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) said that they received information about the fire at around 1 PM, following which four fire tenders from the BKT Fire Station and Indiranagar Fire Station reached the spot, and brought the fire under control.
More than 42,000 polling stations are set for Sunday's elections, where a total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to cast their votes, as reported by the country's Election Commission.
At least 14 polling centres and two schools in 10 districts of Bangladesh were set on fire between Friday evening and early Saturday, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.