<p>A youth was charred to death after his car caught fire and was completely destroyed at Chhawla in south-west Delhi on Saturday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ashish Rathi, 22, of Daultabad village in Gurgaon, was driving towards Bado Sarai village in UP’s Barabanki district when his Maruti Swift car’s engine caught fire around 9:15 am. Within minutes, the fire had engulfed the entire car. He was alone in the car.<br /><br />“His car had a central locking system, which malfunctioned when the engine caught fire. He was trapped inside the vehicle and was charred to death,” a police official said. <br />A passerby, who heard Ashish shouting for help, made a call to the police control room. But he could not help the victim as the car doors remained locked.<br /><br />Fire department officials later managed to take him out and rushed him to a hospital. “However, doctors declared him dead upon arrival. He had suffered 100 per cent burn injuries,” the official added. <br /><br />Ashish’s father Sukhbeer suspects that it was not an accident and he was killed over personal enmity.<br /><br />Police have lodged a case and are investigating the allegations. “We will question Ashish’s friends and family as part of our probe,” the official added.</p>
<p>A youth was charred to death after his car caught fire and was completely destroyed at Chhawla in south-west Delhi on Saturday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ashish Rathi, 22, of Daultabad village in Gurgaon, was driving towards Bado Sarai village in UP’s Barabanki district when his Maruti Swift car’s engine caught fire around 9:15 am. Within minutes, the fire had engulfed the entire car. He was alone in the car.<br /><br />“His car had a central locking system, which malfunctioned when the engine caught fire. He was trapped inside the vehicle and was charred to death,” a police official said. <br />A passerby, who heard Ashish shouting for help, made a call to the police control room. But he could not help the victim as the car doors remained locked.<br /><br />Fire department officials later managed to take him out and rushed him to a hospital. “However, doctors declared him dead upon arrival. He had suffered 100 per cent burn injuries,” the official added. <br /><br />Ashish’s father Sukhbeer suspects that it was not an accident and he was killed over personal enmity.<br /><br />Police have lodged a case and are investigating the allegations. “We will question Ashish’s friends and family as part of our probe,” the official added.</p>
