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CHENNAI : Police have asked experts in Chennai to examine the Hyundai Santro car, which claimed the lives of three persons on October 28, and submit a detailed report at the earliest for initiating further action. L.Balakrishnan (38), a software professional and two of his employees Arumugam (19) and Balachandar (28)) were found dead inside the car on the morning of October 29 in G N Chetty Road, but the exact cause of the deaths is still under investigation. Highly placed police sources told The Hindu here on Monday that they had listed 10 questions to technocrats of a top institution, which would inspect the vehicle and submit their findings. Some of the questions are: Whether the air-conditioner unit in the car was faulty and if so, can it produce such harmful gas when the engine is "ON"? Can the suspected gas leak from the car lead to sedation or turn fatal? If so, what could be the time taken for the deaths? Can there be intrusion of any harmful gas inside the car in the event of the engine remaining in the OFF mode due to rise in rain water? Even when the engine was "OFF" and the air-conditioner was "ON", will it spread any harmful gas like carbon monoxide when there were excess rains?
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Whether there could have been any other reasons other than inhaling carbon monoxide inside the car as the windows were completely raised? Contacted over telephone, L Balakrishnan's father Prof M Lakshmanan (former Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University) said, "There could have been some warning given by the manufacturer, as normal car users do not know that in such extraordinary circumstances, harmful gas would circulate inside the vehicle. There should be some catalytic agent to render such a gas harmless since the suspected CO is odourless and colourless." Deputy Commissioner of Police (Mylapore) A G Mourya said, "The doctors have sent the blood and viscera for scientific examination to forensic officials. We have also given top priority letters to speed up the case. Based on their findings, the doctors will present the final report, which we expect to have soon."
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