I received a phone call from my neighbour residing in a nearby area at about 4p.m. on that day that my flat was set on fire. We tried to contact the Fire Brigade for help but in vain. Mychartered accountant friend is a BJP active worker and he has good connections with certain Ministers. Heimmediately contacted Health Minister Shri Ashok Bhatt for help. About an hour later, Shri Ashok Bhattinformed my friend that the fire in my flat was extinguished. At about 6.15 p.m. on that day, I again receiveda phone call from an acquaintance from the nearby area that all the flats in the building were set on fire andwere in flames. My friend and I tried to contact Government Pleader Shri Arun Oza and other Ministersincluding Health Minister Shri Ashok Bhatt, Revenue Minister Shri Haren Pandya and the like for help, but tono avail. It appears that they were also helpless and could not provide any help to us. Since the Computerplaced at my disposal for my official use for storing the relevant data with respect to the Expert Committee'sfunctioning was located in the office room at my residence,: I thought of retrieving it if possible with aview to saving the data stored therein. On my .request, Government Pleader Shri Arun Oza arranged for somemilitary escort and in their company we visited our residence at about 10 p.m. on that day.' To our dismay,we could see that the outer grill was pulled out as the lock applied thereon could not be broken open bymiscreants and the wooden door was set on fire and it was reduced to ashes, again because the lock appliedthereon could not be broken open. The refrigerator and the dining table and the chairs were in flames. Thesofa set and one diwan in the drawing room were found reduced to ashes. The colour TV was found missing, sowas the cordless telephone in the drawing room. Since the dining table with chairs and the nearby refrigeratorwere in flames, we could not move further to our kitchen or bedrooms. With the help of military personnel, wecould retrieve the Computer and it was found completely blackened by the smoke emanating from flames. We havestill not been able to ascertain whether or not it is in a working order and the data stored in the , harddisk would be in tact. The official car parked in the ground floor parking lot was found burned, so alsocertain two-wheelers belonging to other occupants of certain flats in the building. Our residence was wideopen as the outside grill was pulled down and the wooden frame of the door was also in flames. 11 wascompletely dark as all electric meters of the building were broken and burnt down. My wife had a traumaticshock on seeing the condition of her house. With heavy heart we came back to our friend's residence.