9-yr-old’s b’day posters will announce his funeral
Generator Bought After Outage Spoiled Last Birthday Party Turns Killer
Sindhu.Kannan@timesgroup.com 03.10.2018
S Saravanan had grand plans for the ninth birthday of his son Karthikeyan. Last year, a power shutdown had played spoilsport. So he bought a generator this time.
With the birthday approaching, Saravanan and his neighbours had drawn up the plans — the generator was ready and banners were printed. But on Tuesday, the small neighbourhood at Mettukullam, which was looking forward to the gathering, could not believe that the family was no more.
“We collected photographs from them to print banners thinking that we would surprise the child this year,” said Manivannan, a neighbour. The posters will now be used for the funeral.
The sight of Saravanan’s body near the bedroom door, indicating that he could have made an attempt to come out before he swooned, and that of his wife Kalairasi with her son in her arms, shocked the locality. “This clearly shows that she would have tried to escape lifting the child but fell unconscious and choked to death,” said a neighbour.
Recalling the celebrations last year, Saravanan’s relative Kumaran said Karthikeyan was upset as there was power shutdown. “Since the boy insisted that his father bring home a generator, Saravanan got one. Police suspect that generator fumes have caused the death. It is such a cruel irony,” said Kumaran. “Karthikeyan told us that he wanted to be surrounded by friends while cutting the cake,” he said adding that the boy was pampered by his neighbours.
“Generators emit toxic gases like a car engine does. A running generator should not be kept inside home,” said Manikandan, a mechanic. “Carbon monoxide emitted is odourless. Only alarms can detect it,” he said.
Residents said Kalaiarasi and Saravanan were popular in the neighbourhood because of their jovial and helpful disposition. Kalaiarasi, who had completed a nursing course, would teach students. “Whenever a student approached her with doubts, she would help him. She did not charge any fee,” said a neighbour.
Generator Bought After Outage Spoiled Last Birthday Party Turns Killer
Sindhu.Kannan@timesgroup.com 03.10.2018
S Saravanan had grand plans for the ninth birthday of his son Karthikeyan. Last year, a power shutdown had played spoilsport. So he bought a generator this time.
With the birthday approaching, Saravanan and his neighbours had drawn up the plans — the generator was ready and banners were printed. But on Tuesday, the small neighbourhood at Mettukullam, which was looking forward to the gathering, could not believe that the family was no more.
“We collected photographs from them to print banners thinking that we would surprise the child this year,” said Manivannan, a neighbour. The posters will now be used for the funeral.
The sight of Saravanan’s body near the bedroom door, indicating that he could have made an attempt to come out before he swooned, and that of his wife Kalairasi with her son in her arms, shocked the locality. “This clearly shows that she would have tried to escape lifting the child but fell unconscious and choked to death,” said a neighbour.
Recalling the celebrations last year, Saravanan’s relative Kumaran said Karthikeyan was upset as there was power shutdown. “Since the boy insisted that his father bring home a generator, Saravanan got one. Police suspect that generator fumes have caused the death. It is such a cruel irony,” said Kumaran. “Karthikeyan told us that he wanted to be surrounded by friends while cutting the cake,” he said adding that the boy was pampered by his neighbours.
“Generators emit toxic gases like a car engine does. A running generator should not be kept inside home,” said Manikandan, a mechanic. “Carbon monoxide emitted is odourless. Only alarms can detect it,” he said.
Residents said Kalaiarasi and Saravanan were popular in the neighbourhood because of their jovial and helpful disposition. Kalaiarasi, who had completed a nursing course, would teach students. “Whenever a student approached her with doubts, she would help him. She did not charge any fee,” said a neighbour.
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