{"id":104592,"date":"2025-03-22T05:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T05:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=104592"},"modified":"2025-03-22T05:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T05:17:07","slug":"never-said-no-cash-found-delhi-fire-chiefs-clarification-amid-judge-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=104592","title":{"rendered":"‘Never Said No Cash Found’: Delhi Fire Chief’s Clarification Amid Judge Row"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chief of Delhi Fire Services (DFS), Atul Garg on Friday denied reports attributing to him a statement claiming that no cash was found during firefighting operations at the residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma<\/a>.<\/p>\n Garg’s clarification followed reports by some media outlets, including a news agency quoting him saying firefighters had not found any cash while dousing the flames at the judge’s official residence.<\/p>\n In response to an inquiry from IANS, Garg refuted the claim, stating that he never told any media outlet that firefighters had reported no cash found at the scene. When asked why his name was being quoted in the reports, Garg replied, “I don’t know why,” adding that he had already sent a clarification to the media outlets carrying the statement.<\/p>\n According to a fire department report obtained by IANS, the fire was limited to domestic and stationery articles in a storeroom, and no casualties were involved.<\/p>\n Earlier, certain media outlets had reported that Garg stated, “firefighters found no cash during their operation to douse flames at the residence of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Varma.” The firefighting team had informed the police after extinguishing the fire on Thursday night.<\/p>\n