Mysuru (PTI): Two sisters died due to LPG leakage from the gas geyser on Saturday morning, police said.

According to police, Gulfam (23) and her sister Simran Taj (20) died in the bathroom after inhaling the LPG gas.

The police said the geyser emitted the gas but did not catch fire.

When the women did not come out of the washroom for very long time, their father Altaf grew suspicious and forced open the door only to find his daughters lying unconscious.

Quickly he along with others in the family rushed them to the hospital where they were declared brought dead.

In a separate incident, one person was killed and three other sustained injuries in a cooking gas cylinder blast at KR Puram in Bengaluru on Saturday morning, police said.

According to police, the incident occurred at Triveni Nagar in Bengaluru. Due to the blast, the building collapsed while some houses in the neighbourhood were also damaged, police said.

The injured have been admitted to the hospital.

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Ranchi (PTI): Four minors were detained for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl at a birthday party in Jharkhand’s Ranchi, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on March 31 within the Namkum police station limits. An FIR in this regard was lodged on April 16 based on the girl’s statement, they said.

“All five, including the victim, were friends, and the girl had gone to attend the birthday party of one of those detained. At the party, the accused consumed alcohol and allegedly raped her,” said Ramnarayan Singh, the officer in-charge of Namkum police station.

“The four, aged between 15 and 17 years, have been detained and the medical examination of the girl is underway,” Singh said.

Further investigation is underway.