Bengaluru, May 11 -- In a heartbreaking incident, two children were burnt alive after a sudden fire broke out in a temporary shed at Narayanapura, Bengaluru, on Monday, May 11.

The deceased children have been identified as five-year-old Arjun and three-year-old Asha. The family, which had reportedly come to the city in search of daily wage work, was living in a makeshift shed in the area.

According to police, the children's parents had gone out to work and left them in the care of their grandmother. However, the grandmother briefly stepped out of the shed and moved a short distance away when the incident occurred.

During that time, a fire suddenly engulfed the shed under mysterious circumstances. Hearing the cries of the children, loca...