New Delhi:

A man, who was on his way to distribute invitation cards for his wedding, died after the car he was travelling in caught fire in Delhi on Saturday night. The incident took place near Baba Banquet Hall in Ghazipur.

According to the police, the victim burned to death inside the car.

Visuals of the incident site show the Wagon R completely charred – especially the driver’s side.

The victim, a resident of Nawada in Greater Noida, was to get married on February 14, officials said.

“He went out to distribute his wedding invitation cards in the afternoon. When he did not return till late evening, we tried calling him but his phone was switched off. Around 11-11:30, the police called us saying there was an accident and Anil is in hospital,” the victim’s elder brother Sumit said.

According to the victim’s brother-in-law, Yogesh, he and Anil used to work together.

“Anil was to marry my sister on February 14…We got to know about his death last night. We still don’t know how the car caught fire,” he said.

The cause behind the blaze is not yet known.

The victim’s body has been sent for post-mortem and the investigation is underway, officials said.

In another incident last month, a man set his neighbour’s car on fire in Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar area reportedly over a parking dispute. Rahul Bhasin, the main accused, would have regular arguments with Ranjeet Chauhan over parking, according to news agency PTI. Owing to one such argument, he decided to set Mr Chauhan’s car on fire with his friends. The entire incident was caught on CCTV.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is set to marry his fiancée Lauren Sanchez next Saturday in Aspen, Colorado. The couple, who have been together since 2019, will host a lavish $600-million wedding with a winter wonderland theme, as reported by The New York Post. Before the big day, they will celebrate at Matsuhisa, a luxury sushi restaurant in Aspen, which they have rented out for Thursday and Friday. The couple got engaged in May 2023 and are now preparing for what is expected to be one of the most extravagant weddings of the year.

Here are some facts about Lauren Sanchez:

Lauren Sanchez was born on December 19, 1969, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to a second-generation Mexican-American family.

She began her career as a broadcast journalist, working as an entertainment reporter and news anchor. She worked for Fox Sports Net, where she earned an Emmy nomination as anchor for Going Deep and later became an entertainment reporter for Best Damn Sports Show Period. In 1999, she returned to KCOP-TV to anchor UPN News 13, and her team won an Emmy Award.

She gained significant recognition for her role as the co-host of Good Day LA, a morning show she worked on from 2011 to 2017. Ms Sanchez also made appearances in several films, including The Longest Yard, Flight Club, and Ted 2.

In 2016, Lauren Sanchez launched her own company, Black Ops Aviation, which made history as the first female-owned aerial film and production company of its kind. Her passion for aviation was inspired by her childhood dream of becoming a flight attendant, a dream she was initially denied due to her weight. She later earned her helicopter pilot’s license. As a skilled helicopter pilot, Ms Sanchez consulted on major film projects, including the 2017 Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk.

Lauren Sanchez was previously married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell, with whom she shares two children, Ella and Evan. She also has a 23-year-old son, Nikko, from her relationship with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez.

Ms Sanchez began dating Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2018, and the couple went public with their relationship in July 2019, shortly after Mr Bezos finalised his divorce from his first wife, MacKenzie Scott.

She serves as the vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, an organisation founded by her partner Jeff Bezos, which focuses on combating climate change and preserving the environment. 

In September 2024, she authored a bilingual children’s book, The Fly Who Flew to Space.

A man, attending a wedding ceremony from the groom’s side, ran his car over seven people in Rajasthan’s Dausa after a fight over bursting firecrackers with the bride’s relatives.

 According to the police, the fight began when the groom’s procession arrived at the bride’s village in Dausa. The accused man, who was driving his car, allegedly had an argument with the bride’s relatives over bursting firecrackers outside the wedding venue.

The man wanted to park his car where they were bursting the crackers, officials said.

The fight quickly took a violent turn as the man ran over seven people standing in front of him.

A video of the incident is also doing rounds on social media, in which several people can be seen lying on the ground with injuries.

Out of the seven people, one is said to be in a critical condition, while others are being treated for injuries at a hospital in Jaipur, the police said.

The accused is currently on the run and the police have formed a team to locate him, officials said.

The car’s number plate, which fell during the incident, has also been found. The number belongs to the Sawai Madhopur district.

“We will find and arrest him as soon as possible,” Lalsot Additional Superintendent of Police Dinesh Aggarwal said.