Subhechcha Ganguly 
The family lived in the Shastri Park neighbourhood of North East Delhi. Six people of a family suffocated to death in their Delhi home after mosquito repellant fell on the mattress, releasing poisonous gas overnight, police said. The family lived in the Shastri Park neighbourhood of North East Delhi. According to Joy Tirkey, DCP North East district, Shastri Park Police Station received a call Friday morning reporting a fire in a house on Mazar Wala Road near Machhi Market. When police arrived on the scene, they discovered that the victims had been taken to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital.
“It has been learnt that burning mosquito coil had fallen over a mattress sometime during the night. The toxic fumes caused inmates to lose consciousness and later death due to suffocation,” Tirkey said in a statement.A total nine persons were involved in the incident, of which two are receiving treatment for burn injuries and one was discharged after first aid. The deceased include four men, a woman and a toddler.
