In a tragic incident, a couple allegedly died in a suspected gas leakage from a geyser after playing Holi in Uttar Pradesh.
The incident took place on Friday (March 14) evening in Chhota Bazar area of Garh Mukhteshwar tehsil of Hapur.
According to reports, Naveen Gupta (44) and his wife Sakshi Gupta (40) went to take a bath after celebrating Holi. The family members became alert as they noticed the couple remaining inside the washroom for an unusually long time.
They also tried to call the couple out but did not receive any response. The family they alerted the neighbours, who forcibly opened the bathroom door only to find the couple unconscious.
The neighbours immediately rushed the couple to a nearby hospital where doctors declared them dead.
As per reports, doctors said that the couple died of suffocation after inhaling toxic gas from the geyser.
The couple is survived by two sons, Divyam (15) and Madhav (9).
In a similar incident, two couples from Mumbai and Ghaziabad died of suffocation due to a gas leak from a geyser after holi celebration.
