Two people charred to death as car catches fire in Noida

The deceased, both aged 27, were identified as as Vijay Chaudhary and Anas (who went by his first name), were friends and lived in Noida. Their bodies were recovered from the white Swift hatchback,which belonged to Chaudhary, parked outside Amrapali Platinum Society in Sector 119. According to the police, Chaudhary lived in the society, while Anas lived in Sector 53.

On Friday night, they had gone to a party, and returned early morning at around 6.08am. In a few minutes, by around 6.11am, the car was aflame, said Shakti Avasthy, additional deputy commissioner of police, Noida.

According to Pradeep Kumar Chaubey, chief fire officer, the fire department received a call at around 6.25am from a security guard of the society.