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Four-year-old dies in fire CriMe NOTES

Staff Reporter

DEADLY FIRE: The house at Peenya II Stage, Ramanna Layout, Heggannahalli Main Road, where fire broke out because of cooking gas leak, in Bangalore on Saturday.

Bangalore: A four-year-old boy died and six others were injured when a gas leak caused a fire at a neighbour’s house in Rajagopalnagar, Peenya II Stage. The police identified the boy as Venugopal, son of Govindraj and Hemavathi who stayed next door to the house where the accident took place.

Venugopal died in hospital while his parents are severely burned. The house where the gas leak occurred was rented by Sudhakar, a tea vendor.

On Saturday morning, when Sudhakar lit the gas stove to prepare tea, there was a blast as the gas which had accumulated caught fire, injuring Sudhakar and his wife Shakuntala. The police said the gas might have leaked through cylinder pipe and accumulated as the kitchen window was closed.

Adjacent houses were affected by the blast. All the injured were taken to the Victoria Hospital. Rajagopalnagar police have registered a case.

Techie dies

A 27-year-old techie died in hospital on Friday two days after she fell from a 16-foot high diving board at the Jayanagar swimming pool on April 16. The police said Smrithi Nirajan Sharma, an employee of CG-CoreEL, a software firm, along with 15 others was attending her swimming classes at 9.30 p.m.

A friend who was present told The Hindu that Smrithi fell from the diving board and lost her consciousness. A doctor who was present gave her CPR before she was taken to hospital where she was declared brain dead.

Smrithi died on Friday night. The Tilaknagar Police have registered a case.

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