Guwahati, Dec 8 (PTI) Families of the three men from Assam who died in the Goa nightclub fire on Monday said their children were forced to migrate to the western state due to the lack of livelihood opportunities in their area.

Now, the families would wait for their bodies to reach home on Tuesday, as a senior minister said.

The three were working at the nightclub kitchen as cooks when a fire broke out shortly after midnight on Sunday, killing at least 25 people and injuring six others.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in a post on X, said, "Deeply anguished by the tragic loss of lives in the Arpora fire incident in Goa, where three of our own lost their precious lives. Shri Rahul Tanti, Cachar, Shri Manojit Mal, Cachar, Shri Diganta Patir, Dhemaji." "Offering my heartfelt condo

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