Delhi woman, two-year-old son die after choking on smoke from coal stove
New Delhi, Jan 29: A woman and her two-year-old son died here of suffocation after inhaling smoke from a coal stove lit in the room they were sleeping in, police said on Monday.
Her husband and her two other children are being treated at the Safdarjung hospital.
On Sunday at 6.16 am, police were informed about their condition and they were rushed to the hospital from South Delhi's Maidan Garhi area, officials said.
Anjali (23) and her son Shambhu died during treatment, they said. Dinesh, Divansh (6) and Devanshi (4) are hospitalised.
Police said it is suspected that smoke from the coal brazier, or "angithi", filled the unventilated room in the intervening night Saturday and Sunday.
People usually light these stoves to keep themselves warm during winters.
No foul play is suspected and inquest proceedings have been initiated under Code of Criminal Procedure section 174, an official said.
The family lived in a rented accommodation in Asola, police said and added that it has been their residence for the last two years.
Dinesh, worked as a gardener at a farmhouse in the Maidan Garhi area, they said.
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People of Assam have made Pawan Khera eat pera, mocks Himanta Biswa Sarma
Dispur: In the backdrop of the BJP-led NDA’s sweeping win in the Assam elections on Monday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at the Congress party, picking senior leader of the rival party Pawan Khera who had alleged that Sarma’s wife had multiple passports.
Speaking to BJP activists and reporters after the poll results were announced, the CM opined that Khera should no longer hold the position of spokesperson in the Congress, adding, “The people of Assam have Pawan Khera eat ‘pera’.”
Sarma, who called the people’s mandate in the state both historic and emotional, said, “The state’s image had started changing since 2016, under the influence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Assam is now being considered a development-orientated state because of them.”
Commenting on the Congress leadership, the CM said that the people believed the BJP’s allegations during the campaign. “Congress leaders, however, faced rejection from their own communities,” he claimed and added that the BJP government would continue raising certain issues even after the elections.
