New Tehri, Uttarakhand:
A pair died from suffocation after they went to sleep with the hearth burning in a village right here, officers stated on Friday.
The incident occurred on Thursday evening within the Dwari-Thapla village of the Bhilangana space. The couple, Madan Mohan Semwal (52) and his spouse, Yashoda Devi (48) had come to the village to attend a marriage ceremony, Dwari-Thapla village administrator Rinki Devi stated.
Round 11 pm, they lit a hearth as a result of chilly, took it inside their room and fell asleep with the door closed. On Friday morning, their son went to wake them up however nobody opened the door, Ms Devi stated.
After not getting any response for some time, the locals broke the door open and the couple was discovered lifeless on the mattress, Ms Devi added. She stated that they died because of carbon monoxide fuel produced by the smoke of the hearth.
Nevertheless, the locals didn’t inform the police. After speaking the couple’s son and daughter, they cremated the our bodies at a Ghat.
Semwal was a clerk on the Authorities Inter School, Saraswatisain, the village administrator added.
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