Four persons, including a three-year-old girl and a woman, were killed after an explosion occurred at a firecracker godown-cum-factory in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district, police said on Tuesday.
The BJP has also released the list of candidates for the by-election to be held in four assembly constituencies.
Four-year-old son Anish and one-year-old daughter Reshma burnt to death on the spot. His 6-year-old -daughter Saamana succumbed to her injuries later in the hospital.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave warning for 18 districts in Uttar Pradesh for the next 48 hours (Sunday and Monday), an IMD official said.
As many as 27 out of 54 power stations have developed faults in 33 KVA lines, adding to power cuts.
Asija said he is constantly moving about in the area to meet the victims' families and collecting information about the deaths.
The bus was later traced to Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, where raids are being conducted by Delhi police teams.
The police have taken his party colleague, Viresh Tomar and two of Tomar's uncles, Narendra Tomar and Devendra Tomar, into their custody after Dayashankar Gupta's family named them as suspects and alleged political enmity.
The 50-year-old father of the rape victim was shot dead Monday night in New Tilak Nagar area of Firozabad. The family alleged that the accused in the rape case was responsible for the killing.
The former general secretary of UP Congress said notices were also issued to Fasahat Mir Khan and Sufi Ansari Hussain, who are around 90 years of age and not in good health.
