Updated On: 31 May, 2024 05:51 AM IST | Jaipur | PTI
A fire tender doused the blaze in some time but Ritik could not be saved, the police said, adding that his body was shifted to a mortuary for postmortem

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A seven-year-old boy got burnt alive in a fire that erupted at his uncle`s tea stall in Khairthal district of Rajasthan on Thursday, police said. The blaze was caused by a gas leakage, they said.
According to the police, the victim, Ritik, had gone to his uncle`s tea stall in RIICO Chowk in the Bhiwadi area in the afternoon. The blaze broke out when his uncle had allegedly gone to deliver tea in a nearby factory and the child was alone at the shop.