Bid to keep themselves warm kills 3 hotel staff

Rajkot | Saturday | 14th January, 2017

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RAJKOT: Three persons were found dead and four others in an unconscious state on Friday morning from the quarters of a hotel on Somnath-Kodinar bypass near Veraval town of GirSomnath . The deceased were identified as Deepak Bisht (24), Narendra Soni (31) and Mansing Soni (32).The four found unconscious were admitted to a private hospital in Veraval. All seem to have inhaled poisonous fumes from the charcoal in the their sleep, resulting in death of three," said local police, adding that exact cause of death will be known after the postmortem. They were identified as Mohan Bhima (26), Dinesh Manbaharot (25), Gaurav (23) and Ramesh Kaluram (23).All seven are from Nepal and employees of Sukh Sagar Hotel .They used to live in the hotel's quarters after recently joining the hotel.Primary investigation revealed that the employees had burnt charcoal in the room to keep themselves warm at night.However, they closed the doors and went to sleep.

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