Hundreds shops gutted in fire

Jamshedpur, Apr 12: At least 300 shops were reduced to ashes and property worth more than Rs 10 lakh were destroyed following a major fire which broke out at fruit market in the wee hours here today.

Police said four fire tenders took more than two hours to douse the flame.

Though the cause of the fire had not been ascertained the police did not rule out the handiwork of miscreants as claimed by the eye witnesses.

However, no casualty was reported, police added.

UNI