Two shops gutted during blaze in Poonch

POONCH — At least two shops were gutted in a fire incident that broke out in Chaktroo village of Poonch’s Mandi Tehsil.

Officials said that a Kiryana store and a wooden-shuttering material store, owned by Ajay Kumar and Amrish Kumar respectively, were gutted in the fire incident today.

Police officials said that in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, the fire erupted from the two shops and both were gutted completely.

Police said that a case has been registered at Police Station Mandi and have started an investigation into the matter.