Overview
- The blaze erupted around 4 a.m. on March 18 at businessman Manoj Pugalia’s three-storey home in Indore’s Brajeshwari Annex.
- The dead include Pugalia, his daughter-in-law Simran, and six close relatives, among them two children.
- Police are also assessing reports that an electric car’s charging point outside the house exploded before flames spread.
- Investigators said DNA testing may be used to confirm the identity of a child whose remains were severely charred.
- Family accounts and early findings describe lost evacuation time as relatives tried to douse the fire and exits filled with smoke.