BIRTHDAY EVE TRAGEDY
Couple, son die; genset fumes suspected killer
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:03.10.2018
A couple and their eight-year-old son were found dead in their home near Koyambedu on Tuesday morning and police, while not ruling out suicide, suspect they may have inadvertently inhaled noxious fumes from a diesel genset kept running in the living room overnight.
The family was to celebrate the boy’s birthday on Wednesday and neighbours told police they had hired the genset as power-cuts had marred the celebrations the year before.
S Saravanan, 38, worked as manager at a pizza shop in Chennirkuppam, Kalaiarasi, 30, was a home-maker, and Karthikeyan was a Class III student at a private school in Mettukullam, near their home.
Cops smelled diesel fumes inside house
On Monday too the neighbourhood went without power supply from midnight to 3am, which is when, police suspect, Saravanan may have turned on the genset to power the airconditioner in the bedroom. Police said they smelled diesel fumes as soon as they entered the home.
One of the neighbours, who was up at 5 am, said she heard the generator running in Saravanan’s house and thought of telling them power supply had been restored. She decided not to as they might be asleep. “I never thought this may turn fatal for them,” said Sasikala, the neighbour.
When Saravanan and Kalaiarasi did not open the door till 9am, neighbours grew suspicious. When repeated knocks on the door drew no response, they broke open the door and found Saravanan slumped near the bedroom door, while Kalaiarasi was lying on the floor with her son in her arms.
The neighbours alerted police. The three were rushed to a nearby private hospital, where they were declared ‘brought dead’. Their bodies were sent for postmortem at the Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital.
Police initially suspected a gas leak from the air conditioner, but this was ruled out after a mechanic tested the machine. The Koyambedu police, who have registered a case of suspicious death, are awaiting the postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of deaths.
Couple, son die; genset fumes suspected killer
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:03.10.2018
A couple and their eight-year-old son were found dead in their home near Koyambedu on Tuesday morning and police, while not ruling out suicide, suspect they may have inadvertently inhaled noxious fumes from a diesel genset kept running in the living room overnight.
The family was to celebrate the boy’s birthday on Wednesday and neighbours told police they had hired the genset as power-cuts had marred the celebrations the year before.
S Saravanan, 38, worked as manager at a pizza shop in Chennirkuppam, Kalaiarasi, 30, was a home-maker, and Karthikeyan was a Class III student at a private school in Mettukullam, near their home.
Cops smelled diesel fumes inside house
On Monday too the neighbourhood went without power supply from midnight to 3am, which is when, police suspect, Saravanan may have turned on the genset to power the airconditioner in the bedroom. Police said they smelled diesel fumes as soon as they entered the home.
One of the neighbours, who was up at 5 am, said she heard the generator running in Saravanan’s house and thought of telling them power supply had been restored. She decided not to as they might be asleep. “I never thought this may turn fatal for them,” said Sasikala, the neighbour.
When Saravanan and Kalaiarasi did not open the door till 9am, neighbours grew suspicious. When repeated knocks on the door drew no response, they broke open the door and found Saravanan slumped near the bedroom door, while Kalaiarasi was lying on the floor with her son in her arms.
The neighbours alerted police. The three were rushed to a nearby private hospital, where they were declared ‘brought dead’. Their bodies were sent for postmortem at the Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital.
Police initially suspected a gas leak from the air conditioner, but this was ruled out after a mechanic tested the machine. The Koyambedu police, who have registered a case of suspicious death, are awaiting the postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of deaths.
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