New Delhi: In another tragic incident reported on Sunday morning from Alipur, Delhi, four individuals, including two children, allegedly succumbed to asphyxiation as smoke from a coal brazier (angeethi) filled their room while they were asleep. The Delhi Police have initiated an investigation into the incident, and samples of the 'angeethi' have been collected.
B. Bharat Reddy, Additional DCP (Outer North), stated, "... As per the preliminary investigation, 2 adults and 2 children have died. A forensic team has been called, samples of angeethi have been collected. It is suspected that they died due to suffocation. Probe from every angle is underway."
His team received a PCR call at 6:30 a.m., reporting four unconscious individuals who could not move. Upon reaching the location, the police discovered a burning angeethi, suggesting that the family's cause of death was asphyxiation. The investigation to determine the exact cause of death is ongoing.
A similar incident occurred on Tuesday in Amroha, Allipur Bhud village, Uttar Pradesh, where five members of a family died of suspected asphyxiation due to angeethi smoke. In this case, villagers had to break open the house door when they noticed no one had come out since Monday night. Seven people were found lying unconscious, and five were declared brought dead, while two were hospitalized.
Another incident took place on Wednesday morning in Dwarka Sector 23, where a couple lit a coal brazier (angeethi) to combat the cold. The couple died of suspected asphyxiation after the angeethi's smoke filled their room. Their two-month-old baby, fortunately, survived the incident.
The younger brother of the deceased man discovered the incident when he came to wake them up and heard the child's frantic crying. Upon receiving no response from inside, he called the neighbors, who assisted in breaking the window to enter. The couple was found lying unconscious, and the police were notified. They were rushed to the IGI hospital, where they were declared brought dead.
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