Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Arvind Khot, who suffered fatal injuries in a fire at a police station here two days ago, was to come home early on the day of the incident to celebrate his 28th wedding anniversary, but the news of the blaze turned a happy occasion into gloom for his family members.

Khot (57) was critically injured in the fire that broke out in the store room of the Kherwadi police station in suburban Bandra in the afternoon on Monday (December 12). The ASI, who suffered 95 per cent burns, was immediately rushed to Sion Hospital and later shifted to Masina Hospital in Byculla, where he was declared dead on Tuesday morning, according to officials.