Four members of a family, including an infant and a boy, suffocated to death apparently due to low Oxygen levels caused by a burning coal stove kept inside their single-room house to fight cold in Mandideep area near Bhopal, police said Wednesday.
The bodies of Purnima Bhuria (20), her children Aakash (11) and daughter (12-day-old), and her mother Deeplata Dhimar (40) were found on Tuesday night by a person known to the family when he called on them, a police officer said.
Purnima's husband Sumaru Bhuria (25) was found unconscious by the police team which reached the spot after receiving information.
He is currently undergoing treatment at hospital.
Raisen Superintendent of Police Monika Shukla said the incident might have occurred on Monday night.
"Doctors suspect that the burning coal stove kept in the closed room sucked out oxygen fro air, which might have choked the family members," the SP said, adding that the house doesn't have any ventilation.
A case has been registered and further investigation is underway, she added.
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