Files with taxpayer info burnt in 30-min fire at meter room
(WorldNews India)

GREATER NOIDA: A fire broke out on the premises of the sales tax office in Surajpur around 10.15am on Saturday apparently due to a short circuit in the meter room. The flames were brought under control in half an hour by fire tenders and workers of the office. The flames, however, damaged many documents dating between 2010 and 2015. Though officials claimed only 20-25 files had burnt, sources said there were many more that had been burnt. `The files had been kept there only because there was empty space available in the room. They had been kept on a shelf inside the meter...