Bengaluru Woman Dies During Weekend Trip to Kodagu in Suspected Gas Geyser Leak

A 27-year-old woman in Bengaluru allegedly died in a suspected gas geyser leak at a homestay in Kodagu district in Karnataka, according to police officials. The woman was on a weekend trip when the tragic incident happened. The deceased, identified as Vinutha, was a native of Mysuru and worked at a private firm in Bengaluru. The incident occurred on Sunday at a homestay in the Kalkanduru area, where she had been staying with her colleagues during a two-day trip to Kodagu, the police said, according to a PTI report.According to police, Vinutha had gone to take a shower and was later found unconscious inside the bathroom.The matter came to light when her colleagues checked on her after noticing that she had been in the bathroom for an unusually

long time. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead, a senior police officer said.

What Postmortem Revealed

A case of unnatural death has been registered in connection with the incident. Citing the post-mortem report, the officer said Vinutha died of suffocation caused by inhalation of carbon monoxide that had allegedly leaked from a gas geyser.The bathroom lacked proper ventilation, which may have contributed to the incident, the officer said.(With inputs from PTI)