Six people died due to asphyxiation while they were sleeping next to an ‘angeethi’ in a canter in Southwest Delhi's Sagarpur area.
Police said that the incident took place when six people, all working as waiters and staffers in wedding, were sleeping in a canter.
After working at a wedding in Delhi cantt area, the six came to sleep in a canter in Sagarpur. Since it was cold at night, they had to lit up an angeethi.
Police said that the incident came to light on Tuesday afternoon when their supervisor Nirmal came to check the canter and found four of the workers unconscious.
Following which the six people were rushed to a nearby Government hospital where they were declared brought dead.
The deceased have been identified as Pankaj, Anil, Kamal, Avadh lal, Amit and Deep Chand. They all were living in the Chandra Vihar area of Nangloi.
A senior police officer said that all the six were part of the staff that came from Uttarakhand or Nepal to work on a daily basis in weddings in the national Capital.
A senior police officer said that they have registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC at the Delhi Cantt police station. Further investigation is on.The catering contractor is Gurpreet Singh.