Two minors die of asphyxiation at home
Our Correspondent
Rajouri, December 15
Two minor children died of asphyxiation while a couple is under treatment after they inhaled smoke caused by burning of firewood inside a room to make them warm in chilly weather.
The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday in a remote Murhuta hamlet in Kotranka sub-district of Rajouri district, said Dr Iqbal Malik, Block Medical Officer, Kotranka. The deceased have been identified as 13-year-old Sobia Kouser and the 10-month-old son of Khadim Hussain. Hussain and his wife Shamim Akhter were rushed to the Community Health Centre at Kotranka.
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