Overview
- Authorities confirmed the deaths of 70-year-old Kamalawati Devi and children Tezansh, Adhya, and Gudiya from a single household in Chhapra’s Bhagwan Bazar area.
- Several relatives were found unconscious and are being treated at Chhapra Sadar Hospital, with some reported in critical condition.
- Bhagwan Bazar police conducted preliminary inquiries, sent the bodies for post-mortem, and initiated legal formalities.
- Saran SSP Kumar Ashish said initial findings indicate oxygen depletion and carbon monoxide poisoning from an angithi used in a shut room.
- Senior officials ordered a Forensic Science Laboratory examination of the site, and the district administration issued a winter safety advisory urging ventilation and warning against using braziers or heaters in closed rooms.