New Delhi: According to news agency ANI, an incident of alleged death of a 30-year-old woman and her four children has come to light in Seemapuri area of Shahdara on Wednesday. Prima facie it emerged that his death was due to the toxic fumes emanating from the fireplace kept in the room. This information was given by a senior police officer.
According to the official, a PCR call was received around 1.30 pm on Wednesday, in which four to five people were lying unconscious in a room located on the fifth floor of a building in old Seemapuri area. On reaching the spot, a woman and her three children were found dead, while the youngest child was breathing, the official said. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Rented our flat a few days ago, never met them in person. My father knocked on their door this morning for paperwork but returned on receiving no response. Later police informed us about the incident. 4 kids & a woman (dead)…we’ve been told that husband came later: Flat owner pic.twitter.com/ctHBj9PyFb
– ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2022
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According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) R Sathyasundaram, the flat where 35-year-old Mohit Kalia lived with his wife Radha and four children was owned by Amarpal Singh, a resident of Shalimar Garden, in the old Seemapuri area. Preliminary investigations indicated that Radha and her children died of suffocation due to toxic fumes emanating from the fireplace kept in the room to escape the cold, he said. However, he said that the real cause of death would be known only after the post-mortem.
The owner of that flat told ANI that, having rented our flat a few days back, never met him personally. My father knocked on his door this morning for paperwork, but returned with no response. Later the police informed us about the incident.