Fumes from bedbug tablets kill woman, daughter in TN

COIMBATORE: A 70-year-old woman and her 40-year-old daughter died on Saturday after inhaling poisonous fumes from tablets placed to kill bedbugs in their house at Ramasamy Nagar extension in Nallampalayam here.
The deceased were identified as S Premakumari and her daughter M Anuradha. “Anuradha’s husband Murali and son Sabarish had placed the tablets in a room and locked it two days ago.Premakumari and Anuradha, who were sleeping in an adjacent room on Friday night, inhaled the fumes and were found dead on Saturday morning. Premakumari's husband Shanmugam, 75, who also inhaled the fumes, developed breathing problems and was admitted to a private hospital,” a police officer said.
The bodies were shifted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem.
Thudiyalur police inspector Balamurali Sundaram and sub-inspector Kuppuraj inspected the house. Police have registered a case.