27-year-old woman dies under mysterious circumstances

AMBALA: A 27-year-old woman found lying unconscious in the washroom of her house under mysterious circumstances, was rushed to the civil hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead. The deceased has been identified as

Kamal Pahwa

, a resident of

Mahesh Nagar

in the

Ambala

Cantonment.

According to information, the deceased was the wife of Manjeet Singh who runs ‘

Ashok General Store

’ on the ground floor of their residence. Manjeet alias Rocky said after breakfast on Saturday, he went to open his shop, while his wife was cleaning the house. He said that around Saturday noon, his seven-year-old son informed him that his mother who was in the washroom was not responding to his calls.

Manjeet said, “My son called her up from outside but after receiving no response, he came to me. I reached there and after calling for her a couple of times, I broke into the door and found her lying unconscious inside while the gas geyser was switched on.”

Cops were informed and the post-mortem of the body was conducted. The family suspects leakage of gas from the geyser as a cause for the deceased’s death. Sahil, a local geyser shop owner informed that the leakage of gas from a geyser increases the amount of carbon dioxide, further suffocating the person, which in extreme circumstances could cause the death of a person as well.

Meanwhile, the Mahesh Nagar police said that the investigations started after recording the statements of the family members. Police official,

Mahal Singh

, said, “We have examined the spot and are waiting for the post-mortem report. Meanwhile the statements of the family members were recorded and investigations started.”