Import files gutted in Dispur fire

Much to everybody’s utter surprise, several crucial files have been reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in the third floor of the high security Assam Secretariat in the Dispur area in Guwahati on Wednesday.

The fire broke out at night despite heavy presence of security force. The fire broke out in the Water Rescources Department on the third floor of Block B of the secretariat and several files have been destroyed in the blaze.

The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained and forensic department personnel are investigating the case.