Sikh mother, son jailed in UK for conspiring to steal from community wedding fund
A Sikh mother and son have been sentenced to a total prison term of more than three years in the UK for conspiring to steal 8000 pounds from a community wedding fund.
In a tragic incident, woman and her two-year-old son allegedly died of suffocation in South Delhi’s Maidangarhi area caused by a coal brazier lit in their room to beat the winter cold.
Three other members of the family had to be hospitalised for shortness of breath and other related problems in the incident.
According to police, the incident took place on the intervening night of Saturday- Sunday when Dinesh, his wife Anjali (23), sons Devansh (6) and Shambhu (2), and daughter Devasi (4) were sleeping in their rented room in Maidan Garhi of South Delhi with a coal brazier (angithi) lit to ward off cold, the police said on Monday.
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“On January 28 at 06:16 hrs, information was received from Safdarjung hospital that one Anjali a.k.a Dilip aged 23 years, wife of Dinesh, and master Sambhu aged 02 years son of Dinesh, resident of Asola got admitted as brought dead,” a police official said.
The police found no provision of ventilation in the room except the door that too was closed.
Reportedly, the five family members were found gasping for breath in the morning and were rushed to the Safdarjung Hospital. At the hospital, two of them, the mother and the toddler were declared dead.
According to the police, Dinesh worked as a gardener at a farmhouse in the Asola area.
No foul play is suspected in the case. Proceedings under sections 174 CrPC are being carried out, a police officer said.
Notably, earlier in mid-January, six people, including four members of a family, died due to suffocation from fumes after using coal braziers in a closed room.
Meanwhile, a large number of households, especially in the urban slums of the national capital, have to opt for cheaper alternatives to fight cold like the coal fire or coal braziers amid the winter chill to protect themselves from harsh cold.
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