
When the deceased Syed Muhammad Waqas, his wife, 38-year-old Shabana, six-year-old daughter, Vania, and two-year-old son, Mehrab, did not wake up by afternoon, other family members broke into their room and found all but Shabana dead. Shabana was shifted to a private hospital in Latifabad where she also succumbed.
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Dr Jamshed of Bhitai Government Hospital said that Waqas and his two children were brought dead to the hospital. Hyderabad SSP Adeel Hussain Chandio also reached the hospital and collected information about the incident from the family members. The bodies were later shifted to Liaquat University Hospital for postmortem.
Police said that an investigation into the incident has been initiated but apparently, the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2020.
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