20230411 Woman dead, son injured as fire erupts in west Delhi building
India Apr 11 2023 “Building” “Houses”
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Woman dead, son injured as fire erupts in west Delhi building
Updated: 2023-04-11
NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a home in the Mansarovar Garden area of west Delhi in the early hours of Tuesday, resulting in the death of a 78-year-old woman and injuries sustained by her son, police said. According to fire officials, they learned about the incident around 1am, and two fire tenders immediately rushed to the scene. By 2.40am, the fire was put out and the fire trucks were back on the scene.
The woman, Mahender Kaur, was discovered unconscious by the firefighters after they forced open the locked door to the apartment on the second floor. On the flat’s roof, her son Surender Pal (49), was found unconscious, additional deputy commissioner of police (west) Akshat Kaushal said.
Both were taken to the Acharya Bhikshu Hospital, where Kaur was pronounced dead. Pal was shifted to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, he added.
It was observed that the fire had burnt the bed of Mahender Kaur, who was bedridden, and the one in the guest room. Burnt cardboard pieces were found near the gas stove and in the bedroom of Kaur. A cardboard was also found on the roof near Pal, police said.
It is suspected that Kaur died of suffocation. The autopsy will ascertain the exact cause of death, they said.
Pal had returned from London four to five years ago. It was revealed that he was suffering from depression for the last few months and his father is in the ICU of a hospital A crime team and a forensic team have been called to the spot, police said.
Police said that according to a preliminary investigation, Pal consumed 10 to 12 sleeping pills and went to the terrace. He had planned to jump off the terrace, they claimed.
A case under sections 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc) and 302 (punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and further investigation is underway, police said, adding that the suspected role of deceased’s son is being probed.
Web Source: The Times of India