Delhi

Munirka cylinder blast: Couple succumbs to burns after week

Staff Reporter

A couple, who were victims of a cylinder blast in a Baraat ghar in Munirka Gaon last week, died at a city hospital on Wednesday.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, south district, Chinmoy Biswal, said the deceased has been identified as Mukul Rohtagi and Poonam Rohtagi. Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

As many as fourteen people were injured Friday last after a cylinder blast took place near the Barat Ghar in Delhi's Munirka area.

The incident happened around 7:30 pm and the flames were doused in two hours.

The injured were sent to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for treatment. However, there were no immediate report on what triggered the explosion of the lPG cylinder.

Four to five families reside in the said building, a portion of which collapsed due to the explosion's impact.