http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Blind-woman-failed-to-find-her-way-out-Cops/articleshow/49898951.cms NEW DELHI: Kalam or his family members could have escaped the fire had the door of his hutment not been locked from inside, said police. His blind wife Rabina was burnt to death, along with their infant son, whom she was holding close to her chest.
Cops said she probably failed to find her way out of the burning jhuggi as her husband and other kids lay unconscious on the floor after the fire broke early on Monday. The family hailed from Madhubani in Bihar. While Kalam worked at construction sites, Rabina used to beg in neighbouring localities to support her family. According to police, there had been a theft in their jhuggi a few months ago. Since then Kalam used to keep the entry of the shanty locked from inside. "This might have proved costly for the family. The location of the charred bodies suggests that probably it was only the woman who had woken up while others had fallen unconscious due to suffocation. However, it seemed she could not raise an alarm and died, along with her infant son," said a senior police officer. Their relatives said that the couple had left behind a daughter, the eldest among the children, who lives in their native village. The family earlier lived near Nizamuddin and shifted to northwest Delhi a few years ago. Kalam's elder brother, Mohammed Alam (45), a painter, stays in Sarai Kale Khan. "It was around 4am when I got a phone call from one of their neighbours and rushed to their house. On reaching there, I found my brother and his entire family dead. Fire and police officials were on the spot and the bodies had been taken to hospital. I have lost half my family. He was youn -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
