Stroke victim dies in house fire in Barrackpore
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March 3, 2026
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Stroke victim Bachan Samlal, 60, of Sand Hill Trace, Barrackpore, died Sunday afternoon after his home was destroyed in a fire.
His ex-common-law wife, Shirley Rampersad, 63, reported the fire.
According to Rampersad, she had left her home around 5:20 p.m. that day to pick breadfruit about 200 feet away. She saw the house engulfed in flames and immediately contacted the Barrackpore Police Station.
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