A 38-year-old man and his wife died after they allegedly inhaled toxic smoke from an angithi in their room in south-west Delhi’s Samalkha, police said on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Ram Parvesh and Kavita (34), residents of Gopalji Colony, Samalkha, they said. The police said they received information about two unconscious persons who were declared brought dead by Columbia Asia Hospital. Later, the cause of death was revealed to be hypoxemia the police said, adding that since the couple was feeling cold, they lit the angithi in their room before they went to bed, police said. The couple is survived by three kids — a 11-year-old daughter and two sons aged 5 and 7.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2020 19:11 UTC