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Hyderabad fire claims 17 lives, investigation underway
HYDERABAD (Maha Media): A massive fire broke out early on May 18 at a family residence located on the first floor above the Modi Pearls jewellery shop in Gulzar House, Charkaman area of Charminar, Hyderabad, resulting in the death of 17 people.
According to an FIR filed by Utkarsh Modi, son of Vinod Modi, his father received an urgent phone call at around 6:45 AM from their relative Rohit, who informed them about the fire engulfing their family home.
Utkarsh Modi and his father rushed to the scene, where they found the building ablaze, with emergency teams already present and working to control the fire and evacuate those inside.
Seventeen people, including children, were severely affected and shifted to multiple hospitals such as Yashoda Hospitals, Apollo Hospitals, Care Hospitals, and Osmania General Hospital.
Unfortunately, all 17 victims were declared dead by the doctors. The deceased include Rajini Agarwal, Pankaj Modi, Varsha Modi, their children Aanya, Idhika, and Iraaj Modi, Rishab Jain, Abhishek Modi, Arushi Jain, Sheetal Jain, Harshali Gupta, Rajender Kumar, Sumitra Modi, Prahalad Rai Modi, Munni Bai Modi, Pratham Agarwal, and Pranshi Agarwal.
The bodies were later sent for post-mortem examination at Osmania General Hospital.
The FIR also noted that the two shops on the ground floor- Modi Pearls and Krishna Pearls & Jewellers- were completely destroyed by the fire. A case has been registered under Crime No. 83/2025 by the Charminar Police Station, and an investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.
An ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakhs has been announced by the state government for the families of the victims who lost their lives in the fire incident at Gulzar Houz.
Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the victims.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for each kin of the deceased an
