India, March 16 -- A 65-year-old woman was found charred inside an abandoned rooftop toilet after a fire broke out at a house in Molarband area of south-east Delhi's Badarpur on Saturday night, police said.

Police said they received a PCR call at Badarpur police station regarding a blaze in a house in J Block.

Upon reaching the spot, police found that a fire broke out inside an abandoned toilet structure on the second-floor rooftop of the house. The structure contained wood pieces and garbage, police said.

During inspection, the team discovered a charred body, later identified as Veenu Singh (65), police said.

Preliminary inquiry revealed that the woman often used the secluded rooftop area to smoke.

Deputy commissioner of police (sou...