2 labourers die of suffocation at room in city

Tribune News Service

Patiala, January 15

Two labourers, who were working at a marble factory near Suniarheri village on the Patiala-Cheeka road, died reportedly due to suffocation in their room.

The victims (both residents of Nepal) have been identified as Manoj Kumar and Puran. Manpreet Singh, Station House Officer, Sadar, said, “The labourers had lit ‘angeethi’ in their room. During the preliminary investigation, it seemed there was shortage of oxygen in the room due to the angeethi since there was no window for ventilation. Meanwhile, the postmortem report said that the cause of death was inhaling carbon monoxide gas.