Delhi woman, son die after choking on smoke from coal stove

A woman and her two-year-old son died here of suffocation after inhaling smoke from a coal stove that had filled the room they were sleeping in, police said on Monday.Her husband and her two other children are being treated at the Safdarjung hospital.On Sunday at 6.16 am, police were informed about their condition and they were rushed to the hospital from South Delhis Maidan Garhi area, officials said.

A woman and her two-year-old son died here of suffocation after inhaling smoke from a coal stove that had filled the room they were sleeping in, police said on Monday.

Her husband and her two other children are being treated at the Safdarjung hospital.

On Sunday at 6.16 am, police were informed about their condition and they were rushed to the hospital from South Delhi's Maidan Garhi area, officials said. Anjali (23) and her son Shambhu died during treatment, they said. Dinesh, Divansh (6) and Devanshi (4) are hospitalised.

Police said it is suspected that smoke from the coal brazier, or ''angithi'', filled the unventilated room in the intervening night Saturday and Sunday. People usually light these stoves to keep themselves warm during winters. No foul play is suspected and inquest proceedings have been initiated under Code of Criminal Procedure section 174, an official said. The family lived in a rented accommodation in Asola, police said and added that it has been their residence for the last two years. Dinesh, they said, worked as a gardener at a farmhouse in the Maidan Garhi area.