LAHORE: ‘Angeethi’ (coal stove), burnt to avoid cold of December nights,choked a woman to death and her husband fell unconscious in Lahore Factory Area.
Sawera, 20, got married to Waseem over the weekend. The couple had slept while keeping a coal angeethi (stove) burning to beat the cold at night. The room filled with poisonous gases.
Neighbours said when Sawera’s family bought the newlyweds breakfast the next morning and the room door didn’t open, they broke the lock and found them both unconscious.
The couple was rushed to the hospital where Sawera was pronounced dead while her husband is in critical condition.
Police says the water and milk found in their room have been sent to a lab for testing.
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