A 40-year-old man died in a fire that broke out at his shop in west Delhi's Baba Haridas Nagar area in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
Information about the fire was received around 2.20 am, they said.
Fire department personnel brought the fire under control and found the burnt body of shopowner Arun, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Harsha Vardhan said.
The victim was a resident of Bengali Colony, Naveen Place, Najafgarh, he added.
"The body was transferred to the RTRM hospital mortuary for further legal proceedings. We are registering a case and investigating the matter," the DCP said.
It seems the owner was sleeping at the shop, the police added.
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