A 25-year-old youth, who had sustained burn injuries after his quilt caught fire accidentally in the night on December 10 at Rani Piplayia village under Misrod police station area, succumbed to injuries during treatment in the night on Wednesday.
The youth had come after watering the field and was sleeping outside the house by lighting a fire near the bed, which was the reason behind the fire. He was admitted to Hamidia hospital and during treatment, the youth died on Wednesday night.
ASI Shiv Baba Tripathi told that Vijay Lowanshi (25), son of Narmada Prasad Lowanshi, a resident of Rani Piplia, died due to burning in the fire. Vijay used to do farming.
On December 10, he came home after watering the field and due to cold he lit a fire and slept near it. During this the quilt caught fire. As Vijay was drunk he failed to rescue and due to which he sustained 70 to 80 percent burns.
Relatives said that Vijay was the youngest among 5 siblings. He died due to fire in the quilt. He was not much educated, because of this he used to look after the work of farming while staying at home.
After the preliminary investigation police sent the body for the post mortem. Police have started an investigation and would investigate all possibilities of death. It was an accident or not would be investigated.
In the investigation police have found that the deceased was heavily drunk at the time of the incident and before sleeping he was not even aware of the fire. After the quilt caught fire he remained asleep and sustained major burns in the fire which caused his death while undergoing treatment at the hospital.