Once again heart-wrenching news has come out from Bengaluru. Four laborers from Assam were found dead in Hoskote taluk of the district on Friday evening. Police suspect that all of them died due to suffocation due to poisonous smoke of carbon monoxide gas. The matter is being reported to Sulibele police station. The deceased have been identified as Jayant, Dhananjay, Nirendranath and Tayde. All four worked as loaders in a warehouse. He lived in a small one-room house in Hoskote area.
Workers were cooking rice in the room, an accident happened during that time.
In the initial investigation, Bengaluru Police said that the accident happened when all four were cooking rice on the gas stove inside the room. There was no proper ventilation system in the room. The only window of the house was also closed. Due to this, poisonous gas started accumulating inside. Also a situation of suffocation occurred.
The accident came to light when the friends of the deceased reached there.
The incident came to light when a friend of the deceased had come to meet them in their room. When no response was received despite repeated knocking on the door, the window was opened. Everyone was stunned to see the inside. All four workers were lying unconscious on the floor.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem
After receiving the information, police reached the spot. The dead bodies have been taken into custody and sent for post-mortem. At present, the police have said that post-mortem and forensic investigation is being conducted to accurately confirm the death of the deceased. This incident raises questions about the condition of laborers in urban areas.
